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

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<p>I am normal</p>
<p style=”color:red;”>I am red</p>
<p style=”color:blue;”>I am blue</p>
<p style=”font-size:50px;”>I am big</p>

</body>
</html>

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.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body style=”background-color:powderblue;”>

<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>

 

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h1 style=”background-color:powderblue;”>This is a heading</h1>
<p style=”background-color:tomato;”>This is a paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>

 

Text Color

The CSS color property defines the text color for an HTML element:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h1 style=”color:blue;”>This is a heading</h1>
<p style=”color:red;”>This is a paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>

 

Fonts

The CSS font-family property defines the font to be used for an HTML element:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h1 style=”font-family:verdana;”>This is a heading</h1>
<p style=”font-family:courier;”>This is a paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>

 

Text Size

The CSS font-size property defines the text size for an HTML element:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h1 style=”font-size:300%;”>This is a heading</h1>
<p style=”font-size:160%;”>This is a paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>

 

Text Alignment

The CSS text-align property defines the horizontal text alignment for an HTML element:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h1 style=”text-align:center;”>Centered Heading</h1>
<p style=”text-align:center;”>Centered paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>

 

Chapter 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

HTML Exercises

Test Yourself With Exercises

Exercise:

Use the correct HTML attribute, and CSS, to set the color of the paragraph to “blue”.

<p =”;”>This is a paragraph.</p>

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