CSS allows us to color links. The color property is used to set the color of text in an element.
The order of pseudo selectors is given by:- :link, :visited, :hover, :active.
Syntax
The syntax of CSS color property is as follows −
Selector {
color: /*value*/
}Example
The following examples illustrate CSS color property −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
#demo::after {
content: " (visited) ";
font-style: italic;
}
a:link {
color: lime;
}
a:visited {
color: green;
}
a:hover {
color: orange;
}
a:active {
color: gold;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Demo Links</h2>
<a id="demo" href="">This is demo text 1.</a>
<hr>
<p>
<a href="#">This is demo text 2.</a>
</p>
</body>
</html>Output
This gives the following output −
On hovering the second link, we get the following output −
On clicking the second link, we get the following output −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
margin: auto;
font-size: 1.4em;
background-color: lightseagreen;
width: 100px;
text-align: center;
}
a:link {
color: rebeccapurple;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<a id="demo" href="">Demo link.</a>
</div>
</body>
</html>Output
This gives the following output −
