The padding-left specifies the left padding of an element. It sets the left padding of an element. This can take a value in terms of length of %.
Example
<html> <head> </head> <body> <p style = "padding-left: 10px; border:1px solid blue;"> This is a paragraph with a specified left padding </p> <p style = "padding-left: 10%; border:1px solid blue;"> This is another paragraph with a specified left padding in percent </p> </body> </html>