CSS: Backgrounds

Background

You can use the

background

CSS property to modify the background of an element. The background consists of several parts.

Background Color

The

background-color

property modifies the color of the background. For example, the code

div{
    background-color: red;
}

will create the following:

Background Image

You can use the

background-image

property to use an image instead of a color/gradient:

div{
    background-image: url('/image.png');
}