How do I add background color in HTML?

To set the background color in HTML, use the style attribute. The style attribute specifies an inline style for an element. The attribute is used with the HTML <body> tag, with the CSS property background-color. HTML5 do not support the <body> tag bgcolor attribute, so the CSS style is used to add background color.

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How can I add background color without using CSS in HTML?

2 Answers. You can use the bgcolor attribute to set the background colour, but it’s far better to use CSS to style a page as the bgcolor attribute only works on certain tags. For example it won’t work on <span> , <div> or <p> tags, but will work on <body> and <table> tags.