CSS Comments
Comments are used to explain the code, and may help when you edit the source code at a later date.
Comments are ignored by browsers.
A CSS comment is placed inside the <style> element, and starts with /* and ends with */:
Example
/* This is a single-line comment */
p
{
color: red;
} You can add comments wherever you want in the code:Example
p
{
color: red;
/* Set text color to red */
}
Comments can also span
multiple lines:
Example
/* This is
a multi-line
comment */
p
{
color: red;
}
HTML and CSS Comments
In the following example, we use a combination of HTML and CSS comments:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p {
color: red; /* Set
text color to red */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>My
Heading</h2>
<!-- These paragraphs will be red -->
<p>Hello
World!</p>
<p>This paragraph is styled with CSS.</p>
<p>CSS comments are
not shown in the output.</p>
</body>
</html>
CSS Colors
Colors are specified using predefined color names, or RGB, HEX, HSL, RGBA, HSLA values.
CSS Color Names
In CSS, a color can be specified by using a predefined color name:
<!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>
CSS Background Color
You can set the background color for HTML elements:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1 style="background-color:DodgerBlue;">Hello World</h1>
<p style="background-color:Tomato;">
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.
</p>
</body>
</html>
CSS Text Color
You can set the color of text:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h3 style="color:Tomato;">Hello World</h3>
<p style="color:DodgerBlue;">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.</p>
<p style="color:MediumSeaGreen;">Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>
</body>
</html>
CSS Border Color
You can set the color of borders:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<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>
</body>
</html>
CSS Color Values
In CSS, colors can also be specified using RGB values, HEX values, HSL
values, RGBA values, and HSLA values:
Same as color name "Tomato":
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p>Same as color name "Tomato":</p>
<h1 style="background-color:rgb(255, 99, 71);">rgb(255, 99, 71)</h1>
<h1 style="background-color:#ff6347;">#ff6347</h1>
<h1 style="background-color:hsl(9, 100%, 64%);">hsl(9, 100%, 64%)</h1>
<p>Same as color name "Tomato", but 50% transparent:</p>
<h1 style="background-color:rgba(255, 99, 71, 0.5);">rgba(255, 99, 71, 0.5)</h1>
<h1 style="background-color:hsla(9, 100%, 64%, 0.5);">hsla(9, 100%, 64%, 0.5)</h1>
<p>In addition to the predefined color names, colors can be specified using RGB, HEX, HSL, or even transparent colors using RGBA or HSLA color values.</p>
</body>
</html>
