Setting the element's text color using CSS

CSS Web Development Front End Technology

The CSS color property is used to change the text color of an element. We can specify values as standard color name, rgb(), rgba(), hsl(), hsla() and hexadecimal value.

Syntax

The syntax for CSS color property is as follows −

Selector {
   color: /*value*/
}

The following examples illustrate CSS color property −

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
   height: 50px;
   width: 50px;
   float: right;
   color: white;
   background-color: #2f5587;
}
p {
   color: rgba(225,5,135,0.7);
   border: 2px solid #16c618;
   box-shadow: 0 7px 0 5px hsl(90, 60%, 70%);
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Example Heading</h2>
<div>This is it</div>
<p>Demo text is visible here.</p>
</body>
</html>

Output

This gives the following output −

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
li:nth-of-type(even) {
   color: dodgerblue;
   border: 6px groove #16c618;
   padding: 4px;
   box-shadow: inset -100px 0 5px red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Learn Servlets</h2>
<ul>
<li>Java Servlets are programs that run on a Web or Application server.</li>
<li>Java Servlets often serve the same purpose as programs implemented using the CGI.</li>
<li>Servlets are platform-independent because they are written in Java.
</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>

Output

This gives the following output −

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Published on 09-Jan-2020 11:15:19

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