What is the css code for background color?

The CSS background properties are used to add background effects for elements.

In these chapters, you will learn about the following CSS background properties:

• background-color
• background-image
• background-repeat
• background-attachment
• background-position
• background (shorthand property)

CSS background-color

The background-color property specifies the background color of an element.

Example

The background color of a page is set like this:

body {
  background-color: lightblue;
}

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With CSS, a color is most often specified by:

• a valid color name - like "red"
• a HEX value - like "#ff0000"
• an RGB value - like "rgb(255,0,0)"

Look at CSS Color Values for a complete list of possible color values.

Other Elements

You can set the background color for any HTML elements:

Example

Here, the <h2>, <p>, and <div> elements will have different background colors: 

h2 {
  background-color: green;
}

div {
  background-color: lightblue;
}

p {
  background-color: yellow;
}

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Opacity / Transparency

The opacity property specifies the opacity/transparency of an element. It can take a value from 0.0 - 1.0. The lower value, the more transparent:

Note: When using the opacity property to add transparency to the background of an element, all of its child elements inherit the same transparency. This can make the text inside a fully transparent element hard to read.

Transparency using RGBA

If you do not want to apply opacity to child elements, like in our example above, use RGBA color values. The following example sets the opacity for the background color and not the text:

You learned from our CSS Colors Chapter, that you can use RGB as a color value. In addition to RGB, you can use an RGB color value with an alpha channel (RGBA) - which specifies the opacity for a color.

An RGBA color value is specified with: rgba(red, green, blue, alpha). The alpha parameter is a number between 0.0 (fully transparent) and 1.0 (fully opaque).

Tip: You will learn more about RGBA Colors in our CSS Colors Chapter.

Example

div {
  background: rgba(0, 128, 0, 0.3) /* Green background with 30% opacity */
}

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The CSS Background Color Property

Example

Set the background color for a page:

body {background-color: coral;}

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More "Try it Yourself" examples below.

Definition and Usage

The background-color property sets the background color of an element.

The background of an element is the total size of the element, including padding and border (but not the margin).

Tip: Use a background color and a text color that makes the text easy to read.

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Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

CSS Syntax

background-color: color|transparent|initial|inherit;

Property Values

More Examples

Example

Specify the background color with a HEX value:

body {background-color: #92a8d1;}

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Example

Specify the background color with an RGB value:

body {background-color: rgb(201, 76, 76);}

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Example

Specify the background color with an RGBA value:

body {background-color: rgba(201, 76, 76, 0.3);}

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Example

Specify the background color with a HSL value:

body {background-color: hsl(89, 43%, 51%);}

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Example

Specify the background color with a HSLA value:

body {background-color: hsla(89, 43%, 51%, 0.3);}

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Example

Set background colors for different elements:

body {
  background-color: #fefbd8;
}

h2 {
  background-color: #80ced6;
}

div {
  background-color: #d5f4e6;
}

span {
  background-color: #f18973;
}

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Related Pages

CSS tutorial: CSS Background

HTML DOM reference: backgroundColor property

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