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

Raeed Sabree
Raeed Sabree
10,664 Points
Posted by Raeed Sabree
Raeed Sabree
10,664 Points

how to set the color of paragraphs to black with hexidecimal

for my quiz

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;
}
</p>

2 Answers

Julien riera
Julien riera
14,665 Points
Julien riera
Julien riera
14,665 Points

Yeah,

You only use the ">" and "<" in your html file. Like : <p>, <body>, etc. Your css file will only understand what's inside these signs, such as p, body, etc.

That said, you only have to write : 

p {
color : #000000 ; 
}

(or #000, as double numbers can be reduced as 1 number, for instance :

  • #224499 <=> #249
  • #771100 <=> #710

Just be aware that it only works for theses pairs of number, the following would be wrong :

  • #122337 <=> #1237
  • #333999 <=> #39 or #3399

This above, is a big mistake.

I hope this is clear.