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CSS How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Write Hexadecimal Colors

Posted by Dawn Triplett
Dawn Triplett
17,000 Points

Adding color to hover state for Nav links...what's wrong? nav a: hover { color: #32673f; }

nav a: hover { color: #32673f; }

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}
h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}
p {
  color: #000;
}

nav a {
  color: #fff;
}
nav a :hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

3 Answers

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points
Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

Hi Dawn,

You just need to delete the space between a: and hover:

nav a:hover {
   color: #32673f;
}
Brian Wassel
Brian Wassel
22,171 Points

ahh. its so hard to see those spaces occasionally. gets the best of all of us, i think.

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points
Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

Indeed! White space and semicolons... the thorns in every programmer's sides :).

Brian Wassel
Brian Wassel
22,171 Points
Brian Wassel
Brian Wassel
22,171 Points

i typically use this format nav a:hover{color:#767321}

but i dont see why your code isnt working...

Brian Wassel
Brian Wassel
22,171 Points

maybe try replacing "nav a" with just "a"?

ex "a:hover{color:orange}"

ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points
ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points

Hi there,

You have two spaces around your "a" Yours is like this.. nav a :hover { color: #32673f;

}

it should be like this nav a:hover { color: #32673f; }