CSS Table Styles (Table Designs)

Table Padding

To control the space between the border and the content in a table, use the padding property on <td> and <th> elements:

First Name	Last Name	Savings
Peter	Griffin	$100
Lois	Griffin	$150
Joe	Swanson	$300

Example

th, td {
padding: 15px;
text-align: left;
}

Horizontal Dividers

First Name	Last Name	Savings
Peter	Griffin	$100
Lois	Griffin	$150
Joe	Swanson	$300

Add the border-bottom property to <th> and <td> for horizontal dividers:

Example

th, td {
border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
}

Hoverable Table

Use the :hover selector on <tr> to highlight table rows on mouse over:

First Name	Last Name	Savings
Peter	Griffin	$100
Lois	Griffin	$150
Joe	Swanson	$300

Example

tr:hover {background-color: blue; color: #fff;}

Striped Tables

First Name	Last Name	Savings
Peter	Griffin	$100
Lois	Griffin	$150
Joe	Swanson	$300

For zebra-striped tables, use the nth-child() selector and add a background-color to all even (or odd) table rows:

Example

tr:nth-child(even) {background-color: #f2f2f2;}

Table Color

The example below specifies the background color and text color of <th> elements:

First Name	Last Name	Savings
Peter	Griffin	$100
Lois	Griffin	$150
Joe	Swanson	$300

Example

th {
background-color: #0054ff;
color: white;
}