CSS background-color Property

Description

The background-color property sets the background color of an element. The color is drawn behind any background images.

  • Initial valuetransparent
  • Applies toAll elements
  • InheritedNo
  • MediaVisual
  • Computed valueThe computed color
  • AnimatableYes
  • CSS VersionCSS1, CSS2, CSS3
  • JavaScript syntaxobject.style.backgroundColor

Syntax

Formal syntax: <color> 

background-color: green;
background-color: #3366FF;
background-color: rgb(51,102,255);
background-color: rgba(51,102,255,1);
background-color: hsl(225,100%,60%);
background-color: hsla(225,100%,60%,1);
background-color: transparent;

Values

  • <color>Accepts a single color as its value, which can be a keyword, hex, RGB, RGBa, HSL or HSLa color value.
  • transparentThe default value; you will be able to see the elements behind the element in question showing through it.
  • inherit

Example

.class {
   background-color: #9C9A9C;
}

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Browser Support

1+Firefox6+Explorer1+Chrome1+Safari8+Opera

Last updated on 23rd March 2014 By Rene Spronk

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