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CSS

Posted by Laknath Gunathilake
Laknath Gunathilake
1,860 Points

cant seem to change header color in CSS

<p>
a{
text-decoration:none;
}

#wrapper{
  max-width: 940px;
    margin:0 auto;
    padding:0 5%;

}

#logo{
  text-align:center;
  margin:0;

}

a{
color:#6ab47b;

}

header {
  color:#6ab47b;
  border-color:#599a68;

}

h1,h2{
  color:#fff;
}


nav{
  background:#599a68;

}

nav a,nav a:visited{
  color:#fff;
}

nav a.selected,nav a:hover {
  color:#32673f;

}

body{
  background-color:#fff;
  color:#999;
}

</p>

,,,
Mike Schaming
Mike Schaming
13,925 Points

Hello- if you want to change the background color, you'll need to use the background-color property. The color property only affects text. Hope this helps!

1 Answer

jose macedo
jose macedo
6,041 Points

try

header { background-color: white; }

body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }