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- <a>
- <abbr>
- <acronym>
- <address>
- <applet>
- <area>
- <article>
- <aside>
- <audio>
- <b>
- <base>
- <basefont>
- <bdi>
- <bdo>
- <big>
- <blockquote>
- <body>
- <br>
- <button>
- <canvas>
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- <center>
- <cite>
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- <col>
- <colgroup>
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- <del>
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- <dfn>
- <dialog>
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- <em>
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- <fieldset>
- <figcaption>
- <figure>
- <font>
- <footer>
- <form>
- <frame>
- <frameset>
- <h1> to <h6> s
- <head>
- <header>
- <hgroup>
- <hr>
- <html>
- <i>
- <iframe>
- <img>
- <input>
- <ins>
- <kbd>
- <label>
- <legend>
- <li>
- <link>
- <main>
- <map>
- <mark>
- <menu>
- <meta>
- <meter>
- <nav>
- <noframes>
- <noscript>
- <object>
- <ol>
- <optgroup>
- <option>
- <output>
- <p>
- <param>
- <picture>
- <pre>
- <progress>
- <q>
- <rp>
- <rt>
- <ruby>
- <s>
- <samp>
- <script>
- <search>
- <section>
- <select>
- <small>
- <source>
- <span>
- <strike>
- <strong>
- <style>
- <sub>
- <summary>
- <sup>
- <svg>
- <table>
- <tbody>
- <td>
- <template>
- <textarea>
- <tfoot>
- <th>
- <thead>
- <time>
- <title>
- <tr>
- <track>
- <tt>
- <u>
- <ul>
- <var>
- <video>
- <wbr>
HTML <h1> to <h6> Tags
Example
The six different HTML headings:
<h1>This is heading 1</h1>
<h2>This is heading 2</h2>
<h3>This is heading 3</h3>
<h4>This is heading 4</h4>
<h5>This is heading 5</h5>
<h6>This is heading 6</h6> More "Try it Yourself" examples below.
Definition and Usage
The <h1> to <h6> tags are used to define HTML headings.
<h1> defines the most important heading. <h6> defines the least important heading.
Note: Only use one <h1> per page - this should represent the main heading/subject for the whole page. Also, do not skip heading levels - start with <h1>, then use <h2>, and so on.
Browser Support
| Element | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <h1> - <h6> | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Global Attributes
The <h1> to <h6> tags also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <h1> to <h6> tags also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
More Examples
Example
Set the background color and text color of headings (with CSS):
<h1 style="background-color:DodgerBlue;">Hello World</h1>
<h2 style="color:Tomato;">Hello World</h2>Example
Set the alignment of headings (with CSS):
<h1 style="text-align:center">This is heading 1</h1>
<h2 style="text-align:left">This is heading 2</h2>
<h3 style="text-align:right">This is heading 3</h3>
<h4 style="text-align:justify">This is heading 4</h4>Related Pages
HTML tutorial: HTML Headings
HTML DOM reference: Heading Object
Default CSS Settings
Most browsers will display the <h1> element with the following default values:
Example
display: block;
font-size: 2em;
margin-top: 0.67em;
margin-bottom: 0.67em;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
font-weight: bold;
}
Most browsers will display the <h2> element with the following default values:
Example
display: block;
font-size: 1.5em;
margin-top: 0.83em;
margin-bottom: 0.83em;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
font-weight: bold;
}
Most browsers will display the <h3> element with the following default values:
Example
display: block;
font-size: 1.17em;
margin-top: 1em;
margin-bottom: 1em;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
font-weight: bold;
}
Most browsers will display the <h4> element with the following default values:
Example
display: block;
font-size: 1em;
margin-top: 1.33em;
margin-bottom: 1.33em;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
font-weight: bold;
}
Most browsers will display the <h5> element with the following default values:
Example
display: block;
font-size: .83em;
margin-top: 1.67em;
margin-bottom: 1.67em;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
font-weight: bold;
}
Most browsers will display the <h6> element with the following default values:
Example
display: block;
font-size: .67em;
margin-top: 2.33em;
margin-bottom: 2.33em;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
font-weight: bold;
}