CSS Syntax

CSS follows a specific syntax to define how elements should be styled. The basic syntax consists of a selector and a declaration block.

CSS Rule Structure:

Selector: This determines which HTML element(s) the style will apply to.
Declaration Block: This contains one or more declarations, which specify what style to apply. Each declaration has a property (the style you want to change) and a value (what you want to set that property to).

selector {
  property: value;
}

CSS
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selector {  property: value;}

Explanation of Code:

The selector is p, which selects all <p> (paragraph) elements.
The declarations are color: blue; and font-size: 16px;, which change the text color to blue and the font size to 16px.

p {
  color: blue;
  font-size: 16px;
}

CSS
 
p {  color: blue;  font-size: 16px;}

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