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

Kaleb Southerland
Kaleb Southerland
352 Points
Posted by Kaleb Southerland
Kaleb Southerland
352 Points

i'm not entirely sure on how to specify the paragraph to change it to black.

i need help solving this.

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

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

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

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

nav {
  background: #000
}

body {
  background-color: #fff;
  color: #000;
}

1 Answer

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points
Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi Kaleb,

A paragraph tag is referenced using p.

Black as a hexadecimal colour would be #000000 or shorthand #000.

To put this together would be:

p {color: #000;}

Hope that helps.

-Rich