The background-color property

The background-color property sets a background color of an element. The property value is any color units. Default value: transparent.

Syntax

selector {
	background-color: color;
}

Let's give the block some background color:

<div id="elem"></div>

#elem {
	background-color: #9595ff;
	width: 300px;
	height: 100px;
}