Background Color

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

The background color of a page is defined in the body selector:

body {background-color:#b0c4de;}

With CSS, a color is most often specified by:

• a HEX value - like "#ff0000"
• an RGB value - like "rgb(255,0,0)"
• a color name - like "red"

Look at CSS Color Values for a complete list of possible color values.
In the example below, the h1, p, and div elements have different background colors:

h1 {background-color:#6495ed;}
p {background-color:#e0ffff;}
div {background-color:#b0c4de;}