CSS Properties List
Property Name
Description
Values
Valid in
Tags
General Properties
background-color
Specify the background
color
black, blue, brown, gray, green, orange, pink,
purple, red, white, yellow
non-
singleton
background-image
Specify the background
image
url
non-
singleton
color
Specifies the
foreground color
black, blue, brown, gray, green, orange, pink,
purple, red, white, yellow
non-
singleton
height
Specifies the height of
the element
length
percentage
block-level
width
Specifies the width of
the element
length
percentage
block-level
Text Properties
font-family
Specify the type of font
(font face)
specific name, e.g. arial, courier new, geneva,
helvetica
font type: serif, sans-serif, cursive, fantasy,
monospace
non-
singleton
font-size
Specify the size of the
font
xx-small, x-small, small, medium, large, x-
large, xx-large
exact size
percentage
non-
singleton
font-style
Specifies italics
italic, normal
non-
singleton
font-weight
Specifies boldness
bolder, bold, normal, lighter
non-
singleton
text-align
Specifies horizontal
alignment
left, center, right, justify
block-level
text-decoration
Specify underline,
overline, …
underline, line-through, overline, none
text-level
text-indent
Indents first line
length
percentage
block-level
List Properties
list-style-type
Specify the type of
bullet point used in
lists
disc, circle, square,
lower-roman, upper-roman,
lower-greek,
lower-latin (or lower-alpha), upper-latin (or
upper-alpha)
none
li, ol, ul
Spacing Around Elements
margin-top,
margin-bottom,
margin-left,
margin-right
Specify the space
between the element
border and other
elements
length
percentage
all body
tags
