HTML Colors

HTML colors are specified with predefined color names, or with RGB, HEX, HSL, RGBA, or HSLA values.

Color Names

Tomato , Orange , DodgerBlue , MediumSeaGreen , Gray , SlateBlue , Violet , LightGray

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <body>
        <h1 style="background-color:Tomato;">Tomato</h1>
        <h1 style="background-color:Orange;">Orange</h1>
        <h1 style="background-color:DodgerBlue;">DodgerBlue</h1>
        <h1 style="background-color:MediumSeaGreen;">MediumSeaGreen</h1>
        <h1 style="background-color:Gray;">Gray</h1>
        <h1 style="background-color:SlateBlue;">SlateBlue</h1>
        <h1 style="background-color:Violet;">Violet</h1>
        <h1 style="background-color:LightGray;">LightGray</h1>
    </body>
</html>

Background Color

<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:

Hello World

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.

Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.

<h1 style="color:Tomato;">Hello World</h1>
<p style="color:DodgerBlue;">Lorem ipsum...</p>
<p style="color:MediumSeaGreen;">Ut wisi enim...</p>

Border Color

<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:

rgb(255, 99, 71)

#ff6347

hsl(9, 100%, 64%)

rgba(255, 99, 71, 0.5)

hsla(9, 100%, 64%, 0.5)

<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>

HTML RGB and RGBA Colors

rgb(red, green, blue)

HTML HEX Colors

#rrggbb

HTML HSL and HSLA Colors

hsl(hue, saturation, lightness)

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