CSS background-color

The background-color property defines a color for the background of an HTML element.

Syntax

background-color: <value>;

Where <value> can be one of the following:

• Color keyword: blue, transparent, rebeccapurple
• Hexadecimal value: #FF0000
• RGB value: rgb(255, 0, 0)
• RGBA value: rgba(255, 0, 255, 0.3)
• HSL value: hsl(0, 100%, 50%)
• HSLA value: hsla(180, 80%, 100%, 0.8)
• Special keyword values: currentColor, transparent

Example 1

Set background color of the h1 element to be green:

h1 {
  background-color: green;
}

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Example 2

Set the background color of the h1 element to be transparent:

h1 {
  background-color: transparent;
}

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