HTML <style> type Attribute

Last Updated : 06 Mar, 2024

HTML <style> type Attribute is used to specify the MIME type of the <style> Tag. The attribute is used to identify the type of content contained by the <style> Tag. The default value is “text/css” which indicates that the content is CSS.

Syntax:

<style type="media_type">

Note: This attribute is depreciated from HTML 5.

Attribute: It contains the value i.e. media_type which specifies the Internet Media Type of the Stylesheet.

HTML style type Attribute Examples

Example: This Example illustrates the use of type attribute in <style> Element.

html

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <!-- HTML style type Attribute Example -->
    <style type="text/css"> 
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
            font-size: 35px; 
        } 
          
        h2 { 
            color: blue; 
        } 
          
        p { 
            color: red; 
        } 
          
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
  
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>HTML Style Type Attribute</h2> 
    <p>It is a Computer science portal for Geeks.</p> 
  
</body> 
  
</html>

Output: In this example <style> element contains CSS rules for styling HTML elements. The type=”text/css”: Specifies CSS as the stylesheet language.