Body Bgcolor Attribute
The <body bgcolor> attribute assigns a background color for an HTML document.
Syntax:
<body bgcolor="color">
The color value can be either a color name (like, purple) or a hex value (like, #af0000).
To add a background color to a webpage you can use the <body bgcolor="######"> attribute. It specifies a color for the HTML document to display.
For example:
<html>
<head>
<title>Body bgcolor Attribute example</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#afafaf">
<h1>This webpage has colored background.</h1>
</body>
</html>You can change the color by replacing ###### with a hexadecimal value. For simple colors you can also use the word, such as “red” or “black”.
All major browsers support the <body bgcolor> attribute.
Note:
- HTML 5 does not support the
<body bgcolor>attribute. Use CSS for this purpose. How? By using the following code:<body style="background-color: color">
Of course, you can also do it in a separate document instead of an inline method. - Do not use RGB value in
<body bgcolor>attribute becausergb()is for CSS only, that is, it will not work in HTML.
See it in action:
https://repl.it/Mwht/2
Other resources:
- HTML color names: https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_names.asp
- CSS background-color property: https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_background-color.asp