The background-color property sets the background color of an element.
Inherited: No
Example
| p {background-color: #00ff00} |
Possible Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| color | The color value can be a color name (red), a rgb value (rgb(255,0,0)), or a hex number (#ff0000) |
| transparent | The background color is transparent |


September 23rd, 2007 at 12:24 am
Can we define gradient background color in CSS3 ?