HTML <body> Tag: The HTML body tag specifies define the main content present inside an HTML page. It is always enclosed within <html>tag. The <body> tag is the last child of <html> tag. A body tag contains starting as well as an ending tag. It contains all the contents of an HTML document like text, images, list, tables, etc.
HTML <body> Tag
The HTML <body> tag supports both the global and event attributes.
Syntax: <body>–content–</body>
Attributes
There are many attributes in HTML body tag which is depreciated from HTML5 are listed below:
background: It contains the URL of the background image. It is used to set the background image.
bgcolor: It is used to specify the background color of an image.
alink: It is used to specify the color of an active link.
link: It is used to specify the color of visited links.
text: It specifies the color of the text in a document.
vlink: It specifies the color of visited links.
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Title of an article</title> </head> <body> The content of the document...... </body> </html>
Output:
The content of the document……
Attributes supported by the <body> tag
Attribute | Value | Description |
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alink | color | Describes the color of an active link in a document |
background | URL | Specifies a background image for a document |
bgcolor | color | Describes the background color of a document |
Link | color | Specifies the color of unvisited links in a document |
text | color | specifies the color of the text in a document |
vlink | color | Specifies the color of visited links in a document |