HTML Background Code
This page contains HTML background code. Feel free to copy and paste the HTML background code into your own website, blog, or other HTML document. And feel free to modify the code as you wish.
Shorthand Background Code
The quickest HTML code for backgrounds is the background
property. Strictly speaking, this is a CSS property but you use it in conjunction with your HTML code. The background
property is a shorthand property for setting all background properties at once.
Source Code | Result |
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This example sets all the background properties with one property - the 'background' property. This keeps the code shorter and easier to read. |
Page Background
To set the background for the whole page, simply apply the background
property against the body
tag.
Example:
Alternative Background Codes
Below are more HTML background codes. In these examples, instead of using the background
shorthand property, we use a property more specific to the actual effect we want to achieve. Doing this is simply an alternative - it's your choice which method you use.
Background Color
This example code applies a background color to a p
tag using the background-color
property. You can apply background color to any other HTML element, such as a div
tag, body
tag etc. Here, we also apply color to the text by using the color
property.
Choose a color with the HTML color picker.
Source Code | Result |
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This text has got a background color applied. You could also apply background color to the whole page if you like. |
Background Image
This example code applies a background color to a p
tag using the background-color
property. You can apply background color to any HTML element, such as a div
tag, body
tag etc. Here, we also apply color to the text by using the color
property.
Source Code | Result |
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This div tag has got a background image. You could also apply a background image to the whole page if you like.
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Fixed Background Image
You can fix the background image so that it doesn't scroll when you scroll the div (or page, as the case may be).
Source Code | Result |
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This HTML background code demonstrates how to keep the background image fixed. Scroll down to see what I mean - the background image stays in the same position. |