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background-color

Colors & Backgrounds

Defines the background color of an element. Stretches to wrap all margins/borders/paddings depending on box-sizing.

Common Value Formats

background-color: white; Standard configuration.
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); Black with 10% opacity
background-color: transparent; Default inherit state

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