HTML <th> bgcolor Attribute

Last Updated : 10 Jan, 2024

The bgcolor attribute in the HTML <th> (table header) tag is used to set the background color of a table header cell. You can specify colors using color names, hexadecimal codes, or RGB values.

Note: It is not supported by HTML5.

Syntax:

<th bgcolor="color_name | hex_number | rgb_number">

Attribute Values:

Attribute Values	Description
color_name	It sets the background color by using the color name. For example “red”.
hex_number	It sets the background color by using the color hex code. For example “#0000ff”.
rgb_number	It sets the background color by using the rgb code. For example: “RGB(0, 153, 0)” .

Example 1: Implementation of HTML the tag bgcolor attribute

html

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
 
<head> 
    <title> 
    HTML th bgcolor Attribute 
</title> 
</head> 
 
<body> 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
 
    <h2>HTML th bgcolor Attribute</h2> 
 
    <table width="500" border="1"> 
        <tr> 
            <th bgcolor="green">Name</th> 
            <th bgcolor="yellow">Expenses</th> 
        </tr> 
 
        <tr> 
            <td>BITTU</td> 
            <td>2500.00</td> 
        </tr> 
 
        <tr> 
            <td>RAKESH</td> 
            <td>1400.00</td> 
        </tr> 
    </table> 
</body> 
 
</html> 

Output:

Example 2: Implementation of HTML the tag bgcolor attribute

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        HTML th bgcolor Attribute
    </title>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>HTML th bgcolor Attribute</h2>
    <table width="500" border="1">
        <tr>
            <!-- Using Hex Number -->
            <th bgcolor="#00FF00">Name</th>
 
            <!-- Using RGB Number -->
            <th bgcolor="rgba(255, 255, 0)">Expenses</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>BITTU</td>
            <td>2500.00</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>RAKESH</td>
            <td>1400.00</td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</body>
 
</html>