Skip to main content

HTML-styles

The HTML style attribute is used to add styles to an element, such as color, font, size, and more.

The HTML Style Attribute​

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.

Background Color​

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

Exaample​

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>

style-heading

Example​

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>

style-colors

Text Color​

The CSS color property 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>

style-color

Fonts​

The CSS font-family property 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>

font-style

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>

black-style

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>

style-center

Summary​

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