Adding Color to Your Website!
Colors in CSS are like spices in cooking—they bring life and personality to your website! You can define colors using:
- Color Names – Simple but limited
- RGB (Red, Green, Blue) – Mix your own shades
- HEX (Hexadecimal) – Compact and precise
- HSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness) – Intuitive and flexible
Let’s dive into each method and make your site pop with color!
Color Names: The Simple Way
CSS has 140+ predefined color names, like:
color: red;
color: blue;
color: green;
color: hotpink;
- Easy to use.
- Limited selection.
It’s like picking colors from a basic crayon box.
RGB: Mixing Red, Green, and Blue
RGB lets you mix colors using values from 0 to 255:
color: rgb(255, 0, 0); /* Pure Red */
color: rgb(0, 255, 0); /* Pure Green */
color: rgb(0, 0, 255); /* Pure Blue */
color: rgb(100, 150, 200); /* Custom Shade */
- Customizable.
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Supports transparency (
rgba). - Hard to guess exact colors.
RGB is like mixing paint—you adjust the amounts to get the perfect shade!
HEX: The Web-Friendly Color Code
HEX (hexadecimal) uses six characters (0-9, A-F) to define colors:
color: #ff0000; /* Red */
color: #00ff00; /* Green */
color: #0000ff; /* Blue */
color: #6495ed; /* Cornflower Blue */
- Compact and widely used.
- Easy to copy-paste from color pickers.
- Can be hard to read.
Think of HEX as shorthand for RGB. If you love coding, you’ll love HEX!
HSL: Hue, Saturation, Lightness
HSL is more human-friendly than RGB or HEX:
color: hsl(0, 100%, 50%); /* Red */
color: hsl(120, 100%, 50%); /* Green */
color: hsl(240, 100%, 50%); /* Blue */
color: hsl(200, 50%, 70%); /* Soft Blue */
- Easy to tweak colors.
- More intuitive than RGB.
- Less commonly used than HEX.
HSL makes color selection feel like adjusting a Photoshop slider!
Which One Should You Use?
- Color Names – Quick and easy, but limited.
- RGB – Precise but hard to read.
- HEX – Web-standard and compact.
- HSL – Intuitive and flexible.
Now that you know all about CSS colors, go paint your website like a masterpiece!
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