HTML colors are specified with predefined color names, or with RGB, HEX, HSL, RGBA, or HSLA values.
Color Names
In HTML, a color can be specified by using a color name:
HTML supports 140 standard color names.
Background Color
You can set the background color for HTML elements:
Example
<h1 style=”background-color:DodgerBlue;”>Hello World</h1>
<p style=”background-color:Tomato;”>Lorem ipsum…</p>
Text Color
You can set the color of text:
Example
<h1 style=”color:Tomato;”>Hello World</h1>
<p style=”color:DodgerBlue;”>Lorem ipsum…</p>
<p style=”color:MediumSeaGreen;”>Ut wisi enim…</p>
Border Color
You can set the color of borders:
Example
<h1 style=”border:2px solid Tomato;”>Hello World</h1>
<h1 style=”border:2px solid DodgerBlue;”>Hello World</h1>
<h1 style=”border:2px solid Violet;”>Hello World</h1>
Color Values
In HTML, colors can also be specified using RGB values, HEX values, HSL values, RGBA values, and HSLA values.
The following three <div> elements have their background color set with RGB, HEX, and HSL values:
The following two <div> elements have their background color set with RGBA and HSLA values, which add an Alpha channel to the color (here we have 50% transparency):
Example
<h1 style=”background-color:rgb(255, 99, 71);”>…</h1>
<h1 style=”background-color:#ff6347;”>…</h1>
<h1 style=”background-color:hsl(9, 100%, 64%);”>…</h1>
<h1 style=”background-color:rgba(255, 99, 71, 0.5);”>…</h1>
<h1 style=”background-color:hsla(9, 100%, 64%, 0.5);”>…</h1>
