HTML <table> bgcolor attribute
 HTML <table> tag
Example
An HTML table with a background color:
<table border="1" bgcolor="#00FF00">
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
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Definition and Usage
The bgcolor attribute specifies a background color of a table.
Browser Support
The bgcolor attribute is deprecated, but still supported in all major browsers.
Compatibility Notes
The bgcolor attribute of the table element was deprecated in HTML 4.01,
and is not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD.
Use CSS instead.
CSS syntax: <table style="background-color:red">
CSS
Example: table background-color
In our CSS tutorial you can find more details about the
background-color property.
Syntax
Attribute Values
| Value |
Description |
| color_name |
Specifies the background color with
a color name (like "red") |
| hex_number |
Specifies the background color with
a hex code (like "#ff0000") |
| rgb_number |
Specifies the background color with
an rgb code (like "rgb(255,0,0)") |
HTML <table> tag
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