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

George Boakye-Asare
George Boakye-Asare
1,971 Points
Posted by George Boakye-Asare
George Boakye-Asare
1,971 Points

How do I Set a color to black using a hexadecimal value?

How do I set color to black using a hexadecimal value.

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

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

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}
h1 {
  color: #fff;
}
h2 {
  color: #fff;
}
p {color: #6ab47b;}

2 Answers

Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points
Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points

Just set it to black.

p {
  color: #000;
}
Sage Elliott
Sage Elliott
30,003 Points
Sage Elliott
Sage Elliott
30,003 Points

Short answer: 

color: #000;

The full value is #000000, but when the values are repeating you can shorten it to 3 spaces: #000.