Set Background Color for Table Headings
To set a specific background color for the table headings using CSS, set CSS background-color property for the table heading th, with the required Color Value, like red, green, #f00, #ff552241, rgb(41, 85, 12), etc.
The CSS code to set background color for table headings is showing in the following.
th { background-color: yellow; }
Examples
1 Set yellow as background-color for table headings
In the following example, we take a table with two columns, and three rows; and set the background color of the table headings with yellow
.
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <style> th { background-color: yellow; } table, th, td { border: 1px solid; border-collapse: collapse; padding: 10px; } </style> </head> <body> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Fruit</th> <th>Quantity</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Apple</td> <td>32</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Banana</td> <td>48</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cherry</td> <td>75</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </body> </html>
Conclusion
In this CSS Tutorial, we learned how to use CSS background-color
property to set a specific background color for the table headings, with examples.