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CSS How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Write Hexadecimal Colors

Posted by MUZ140910 Memory Chivariro
MUZ140910 Memory Chivariro
3,259 Points

set the color of the paragraphs black using hexadecimal value

how to set the color black on the paragraphs

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

a {
  color: #6ab47b;
}

header {
  background:#6ab47b;
  border-color: #599a68;
}

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a, nav a :visited{
  color: #fff;
}
nav a.selected,nav a :hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

body {
  background-color: #fff;
  color: #999;
}
p {
  color: #00;
}

2 Answers

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
30 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
30 Points

For Hexadecimals you need to have 6 or 3 characters in order to style colors. Try this! :)
p { color: #000; }

Daniel Sibanda
Daniel Sibanda
4,803 Points
Daniel Sibanda
Daniel Sibanda
4,803 Points

you can use either 6 or 3 values, that is p{ color: #000000; }

or the short

p{ color:#000; }

notice if you hover over in your workspace the color appears.