The style of an HTML element can be modified using the style attribute
below is the syntax of style attribute:
<tagname style="property:value;">
Set the background color of an HTML element using the background-color property
Example
<body style="background-color:lightgreen;">
<h1>Heading Element </h1>
<p>Paragraph Element</p>
</body>
Set the text color for an HTML element using the color property
Example
<body style="color:green">
<h1 style="color:red">Heading Element </h1>
<p style="color:purple">Paragraph Element</p>
<p>Paragraph Element with no style set.
It inherits from the parent element
</p>
</body>
Set the font type for an HTML element using the ‘font-family’ property
Example
<body style="font-family:verdana;">
<h1 style="font-family:courier;">Heading Element </h1>
<p style="font-family:Comic Sans MS">Paragraph Element</p>
<p>Paragraph Element with no style set.
It inherits from the parent element
</p>
</body>
Set the font type for an HTML element using the ‘font-family’ property
Example
<body style="font-family:verdana;">
<h1 style="font-family:courier;text-align:center;">Heading Element</h1>
<p style="text-align:left;">Paragraph Element</p>
<p> Paragraph Element with no style set.
It inherits from the parent element
</p>
</body>
Set the font size for an HTML element using the font-size property
Example
<body>
<h1 style="font-size:300%">Heading Element </h1>
<p style="text-align:left;">Paragraph Element</p>
<p>Paragraph Element with no style set.
It inherits from the parent element
</p>
</body>
All the live examples for the style properties can be found here