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HTML | <col> bgcolor Attribute

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The HTML <col> bgcolor attribute is used to specify the background color of a column element. It is not supported by HTML 5.

Syntax:

<col bgcolor= "color_name | hex_number | rgb_number">

Attribute Values:

  • color_name: It sets the text color by using the color name. For example “red”.
  • hex_number: It sets the text color by using the color hex code. For example “#0000ff”.
  • rgb_number: It sets the text color by using the rgb code. For example: “RGB(0, 153, 0)”.

Example:




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        HTML col bgcolor Attribute
    </title>
</head>
  
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
  
    <h2>HTML col bgcolor Attribute</h2>
  
    <table border="1">
        <colgroup>
            <col span="2" bgcolor="green">
                <col bgcolor="blue">
        </colgroup>
        <tr>
            <th>Name</th>
            <th>Branch</th>
            <th>Expenses</th>
        </tr>
  
        <tr>
            <td>BITTU</td>
            <td>CSE</td>
            <td>2500.00</td>
        </tr>
  
        <tr>
            <td>RAKESH</td>
            <td>ECE</td>
            <td>1400.00</td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</body>
  
</html>


Output:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML <col> bgcolor attribute are listed below:

  • Google Chrome
  • Internet Explorer
  • Firefox
  • Safari
  • Opera


Last Updated : 30 Dec, 2019
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