The background-color property

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

Inherited: No

Example

p
{
background-color: #00ff00
}

Possible Values

Value	Description	NN	IE
color	The color value can be a color name (red), a rgb value (rgb(255,0,0)), or a hex number (#ff0000)	4.0	4.0
transparent	The background color is transparent	4.0	4.0

Browser Notes

Notes in Netscape 4.0+:

"background-color" does not work on list items, definition lists, images, and horizontal rules
"background-color" works on checkboxes and radiobuttons, but it does not work on other form elements
"background-color" on a table does not do anything with the table border
"background-color" does not cover the padding area in a table
"transparent" on table data and table header sets the background-color to black
"transparent" takes the background-color of the body element, not the background-color of the parent element

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