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

Bill Magyar
Bill Magyar
288 Points
Posted by Bill Magyar
Bill Magyar
288 Points

Trying to color paragraphs black using hexadecimal number. why doesn't this work? #body p { color: #000; }

anyone?

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

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

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

#body p {
  color: #000;
}

1 Answer

Christopher Wulff
Christopher Wulff
3,011 Points
Christopher Wulff
Christopher Wulff
3,011 Points

body doesn't need a # in front of it. It's not an ID, it's a top-level element. You actually don't need the body at all; just p will do.