color

To set color property values for an element. color sets the color of an element’s textual and decorative parts and text.

Syntax

color: value;

The value of the color property can be any of the following:

• Name of the color (e.g., aqua, khaki, red)
• RGB (red, green, and blue) colors (e.g., rgb(249, 2, 171))
• Hexadecimal colors (e.g., #ff0000)

Example

The h1 tag is set to be orange in color, and the p tag is set as pink in color. The background color, black/#000000/rgb(0,0,0), is only set for context:

body {
  background-color: black;
}
h1 {
  color: orange;
}
p {
  color: pink;
}

body {
  background-color: #000000;
}
h1 {
  color: #ffa500;
}
p {
  color: #ffc0cb;
}

body {
  background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
}
h1 {
  color: rgb(255, 165, 0);
}
p {
  color: rgb(255, 192, 203);
}

Three examples were given in the example block above, each of them would yield or translate to the same output: