CSS Background Properties

CSS Background Properties

The Background properties control the element background color, set an image as the background, repeat a background image vertically or horizontally, and position an image on a page.


Property	Description	Value	Supported
background-color	Sets the background color of an element.	color-hex color-name transparent	Supported.


Property	Description	Default Value	Notes
background-color	Sets the background color of content and padding. Used to paint the background color of the screen.	transparent	If a background color is set, set the foreground to a contrasting color, so that its content remains visible. The transparent value allows the color of the parent element to show.