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

Syntax:

<colgroup 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 colgroup bgcolor Attribute
    </title>
  
    <style>
        table {
            color: white;
            margin-left: 180px;
        }
          
        td {
            padding: 10px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
  
<body style="text-align:center;">
  
    <h1 style="color:green;"
        GeeksForGeeks 
    </h1>
  
    <h2
        HTML ColumnGroup bgcolor Attribute 
    </h2>
  
    <table>
        <colgroup id="myColGroup"
                  span="2"
                  bgcolor="green">
        </colgroup>
        <tr>
            <th>S.No</th>
            <th>Title</th>
            <th>Geek_id</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Geek_1</td>
            <td>GeekForGeeks</td>
            <th>Geek_id_1</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Geek_2</td>
            <td>GeeksForGeeks</td>
            <th>Geek_id_2</th>
        </tr>
    </table>
</body>
  
</html>


Output:

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

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


Last Updated : 30 Dec, 2019
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