The HTML style
attribute is used to add
styles to an element, such as color, font, size, and more.
I am Red
I am Blue
I am Big
Setting the style of an HTML element, can be done with 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.
You will learn more about CSS later in this tutorial.
The CSS background-color
property defines
the background color for an HTML element.
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>
This is a heading
This is a paragraph.
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>
This is a heading
This is a paragraph.
The CSS color
property defines the text
color for an HTML element:
<h1
style="color:blue;">This is a heading</h1>
<p
style="color:red;">This is a paragraph.</p>
This is a heading
This is a paragraph.
The CSS font-family
property defines the
font to be used for an HTML element:
<h1
style="font-family:verdana;">This is a heading</h1>
<p
style="font-family:courier;">This is a paragraph.</p>
This is a heading
This is a paragraph.
The CSS font-size
property defines the
text size for an HTML element:
<h1
style="font-size:300%;">This is a heading</h1>
<p
style="font-size:160%;">This is a paragraph.</p>
This is a heading
This is a paragraph.
The CSS text-align
property defines the
horizontal text alignment for an HTML element:
<h1
style="text-align:center;">Centered Heading</h1>
<p
style="text-align:center;">Centered paragraph.</p>
Centered Heading
Centered paragraph.
style
attribute for styling
HTML elements
background-color
for background
color
color
for text colorsfont-family
for text fontsfont-size
for text sizestext-align
for text alignment