<style>: The HTML Style Element

1 Description

The HTML <style> element is used to hold CSS styling instructions which the web browser may use to alter the appearance of the web page.

The <style> element must be a child of the <head> element.

Generally speaking it is better to put CSS styling instructions in a separate file and use the link element to bring the CSS styling instructions into your web page, rather than embed them directly into the webpage with the <style> element.

2 Examples

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>CSS Styling Example</title>
        <style>
            h1 {
                font-weight: bold;
                color: red;
            }
            p {
                background-color: blue;
                color: red;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>CSS Styling example</h1>
        <p>The appearance of this web page will be controlled via CSS.</p>
    </body>
</html>

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