Values, Units, and Colors

Nearly everything you do with CSS involves units for determining the look and formatting of your web page elements. With this concise guide, you’ll learn how to work with an array of units—including measurements and keywords—that help you define color, text, distance between elements, location of external files, and other values.

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Use RGB or HSL values to mix your own colors, and designate the degree of opacity

Learn how to apply global keywords introduced in CSS3

Use string values to wrap a sequence of text characters in quotes

Describe margins, letter spacing, and other properties, with either fixed or relative length units

Understand how number, integer, and percentage values differ

Explore CSS3 unit types for describing display resolution

Use time values for transitions and animations