CSS background-color property
Description
CSS background-color property defines the background-color of an element.
Syntax
background-color : color-name | rgb value | hexadecimal value
Property values
color-nameDefault
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Any name of the color can be used as the value of background-color. The default color of background is blue for an element.
background-color: transparent;
color-name
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The following demo represents skyblue color for the background of an element.
background-color: skyblue;
rgb value
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It represents rgb value of a color. The hexadecimal value of red color is given below.
background-color: rgb(255,0,0);
hexadecimal value
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It represents hexadecimal notation of red color. The hexadecimal notation of blue color is given below.
background-color: #0000ff;
Applicable to
It applies to all elements
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