HTML td bgcolor attribute

Example

Cells with a background color:

<table border="1"> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000">January</td> <td bgcolor="#00FF00">$100</td> </tr> </table>

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Definition and Usage

The bgcolor attribute specifies a background color of a table cell.

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Browser Support

The bgcolor attribute is deprecated, but still supported in all major browsers.

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Compatibility Notes

The bgcolor attribute of the td element was deprecated in HTML 4.01, and is not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD.
Use CSS instead.
CSS syntax: <td style="background-color:red">

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Syntax

<td bgcolor="value">

Attribute Values

Value	Description
color_name	Specifies the background color with a color name (like "red")
hex_number	Specifies the background color with a hex code (like "#ff0000")
rgb_number	Specifies the background color with an rgb code (like "rgb(255,0,0)")