HTML h1 to h6 tag

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>

This is heading 1

This is heading 2

This is heading 3

This is heading 4

This is heading 5

This is heading 6

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.

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>

Hello World

Hello World

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>

This is heading 1

This is heading 2

This is heading 3

This is heading 4

Default CSS Settings

Most browsers will display the <h1> element with the following default values:

Example

h1 {
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

h2 {
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

h3 {
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

h4 {
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

h5 {
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

h6 {
display: block;
font-size: .67em;
margin-top: 2.33em;
margin-bottom: 2.33em;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
font-weight: bold;
}