Set background in body or html

Question

Is there a difference between setting background in css with body or html? Both work.

eg:

body{
    background: green;
}

or

html{
    background: green;
}

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 19 '15 at 23:22

3

Here is a very interesting article.

https://css-tricks.com/html-vs-body-in-css/

answered Sep 19 '15 at 23:22

Altaula

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 19 '15 at 23:10

1

The <html> background is "behind" the <body> background. Try this to see what I mean:

html{
  background-color:blue;
}
body{
  background-color:white;
  max-width:400px;
  margin:0 auto;
}

answered Sep 19 '15 at 23:10

RobertAKARobin

2 Answers2