<style>

The HTML <style> element contains style information for a document, or part of a document. By default, the style instructions written inside that element are expected to be CSS.

Content categories	Metadata content, and if the scoped attribute is present: flow content.
Permitted content	Text content matching the type attribute, that is text/css.
Tag omission	Neither tag is omissible.
Permitted parents	Any element that accepts metadata content.
Permitted ARIA roles	None
DOM interface	HTMLStyleElement

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

type

This attribute defines the styling language as a MIME type (charset should not be specified). This attribute is optional and default to text/css if it's missing.

media

This attribute defines which media the style should apply to. It's value is a media query, which default to all if the attribute is missing.

title

Specifies alternative style sheet sets.

Examples

A simple stylesheet

<style type="text/css">
body {
  color:red;
}
</style> 

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'style' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5 The definition of 'style' in that specification.	Recommendation	No change from HTML 4.01 Specification.
HTML 4.01 Specification The definition of 'style' in that specification.	Recommendation

Browser compatibility

[1] Mobile Internet Explorer (the previous branding of IE Phone - versions lower than 8) also has support.

See also

• The <link> element allowing to use external style sheets.