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

Posted by Karen Abell
Karen Abell
592 Points

what is the hexadecimal number for the color black.

How is the paragraph coded and what is the hexadecimal number for black?

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

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

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}
h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}
p {
  color: #599;
}

3 Answers

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points
Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

Hi Karen,

The hexadecimal color for black is #000000 (long version) or #000 (shorthand version). Hexadecimal values range from 0-f (0123456789abcdef), where #000000 is black and #ffffff is white. 

p {
  color: #000;
}
Will Long
Will Long
5,449 Points
Will Long
Will Long
5,449 Points

000