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HTML How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Write Hexadecimal Colors

Anthony Amaral
Anthony Amaral
289 Points
Posted by Anthony Amaral
Anthony Amaral
289 Points

How do I set the color of paragraphs to black using the p selector and a hexadecimal value?

Could swear I was doing this correctly. I need to change paragraph elements to black. I know I have the right hexadecimal value so it's the p selector that I have incorrect.

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

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

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

p {
  color: #111;
}

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,538 Points
andren
andren
28,538 Points

I know I have the right hexadecimal value so it's the p selector that I have incorrect.

Actually you are wrong on both counts there, the p selector is fine, the hex value is not. Pure black is #000000 or #000 if using the shorter syntax. #111 is certainly blackish, but it's not pure black.