The "background-color" CSS Property

Values for "background-color"

CSS Level	Value
CSS Backgrounds and Borders Level 3	"<color>", where <color> = "<hex-color> | <color-function> | <named-color> | transparent | currentColor | <system-color>"

Notes

• The background color is painted behind any background images and below all other layers.

Recommended Links

• CanIUse.com: Search "background-color" (browser compatibility information)
• CanIEmail.com: Search "background-color" (email client compatibility information)
• CSS 2.1: background-color property
• CSS Backgrounds and Borders Level 3: background-color property
• MDN: background-color property
• Quackit: background-color property

Search Engine Links (for more information)

• Bing "CSS background-color property"
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