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In this CSS colors tutorial for beginners you will learn how to set a background color and how to set a text color. We will explore rgb, rgba, hex, and hsl color values along with HTML color names.

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CSS Colors Tutorial for Beginners

(00:00) Intro
(00:05) Welcome
(00:25) Setup
(01:10) How to set a background color with CSS
(02:57) How to set text color with CSS
(03:46) rgb color values
(04:46) Alpha channel - rgba
(05:53) hex color values
(08:59) VS Code Color Picker
(10:30) hsl color values
(12:52) The color value choice is yours
(13:38) Color contrast checkers and palette generators

Web Dev Tools:
Chrome Browser: https://www.google.com/chrome/
Visual Studio Code (VS Code): https://code.visualstudio.com/
Live Server VS Code Extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer
vscode-icons VS Code Extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscode-icons-team.vscode-icons
Github Themes VS Code Extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.github-vscode-theme
W3C CSS Validator: https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Specificity Calculator: https://specificity.keegan.st/

References:
MDN CSS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS
MDN CSS Basics: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/CSS_basics
MDN CSS Selectors: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Selectors
MDN - How to Apply Colors to HTML Elements with CSS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color

Color Resources:
Coolors Contrast Checker: https://coolors.co/contrast-checker/112a46-acc8e5
WebAIM Contrast Checker: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/
Coolors Palette Generator: https://coolors.co/
HTML Color Codes: https://htmlcolorcodes.com/

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