HTML Styles


The style attribute in HTML is used to add styles to HTML elements, such as color, font, size, and other HTML styles.


Example

I am Red

I am Blue

I am Big


The HTML Style Attribute

Setting the style of an HTML element, can be done using the style attribute.

The HTML style attribute has the following syntax:

<tagname style=”property:value;>

The property is a CSS property. The value is a CSS value.


Background Color

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

Example

Here is an Example to set the background color for a page to powderblue:

<body style=”background-color:powderblue;”>

<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

</body>

Example

This is an example to set background color for two different elements:

<body>

<h1 style=”background-color:powderblue;”>This is a heading.</h1>
<p
style=”background-color:tomato;”
>
This is a paragraph.</p>

</body>



Text Color

The CSS color property can also defines the text color for an HTML element:

Example

<h1 style=”color:blue;”>This is a heading</h1>
<p style=”color:red;”>This is a paragraph.</p>

Fonts

The CSS font-family property can defines the font to be used for an HTML element:

Example

<h1 style=”font-family:verdana;”>This is a heading</h1>
<p style=”font-family:courier;”>This is a paragraph.</p>

Text Size

The CSS font-size property defines the text size for an HTML element:

Example

<h1 style=”font-size:300%;”>This is a heading</h1>
<p style=”font-size:160%;”>This is a paragraph.</p>

Text Alignment

The CSS text-align property defines the horizontal text alignment for an HTML element:

Example

<h1 style=”text-align:center;”>Centered Heading</h1>
<p style=”text-align:center;”>Centered paragraph.</p>

Chapter Summary

  • Use the style attribute for styling HTML elements
  • Use background-color for background color
  • Use font-family for text fonts
  • Use font-size for text sizes
  • Use color for text colors
  • Use text-align for text alignment