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title: Body Background Attribute
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## Body Background Attribute
If you want to add a background image instead of a color, one solution is the `<body background>` attribute. It specifies a background image for an HTML document.
Syntax:
`<body background="URL">`
Attribute:
`background - URL for background image`
Example:
```html
< html >
< body background = "https://assets.digitalocean.com/blog/static/hacktoberfest-is-back/hero.png" >
< / body >
< / html >
```
## body-background attribute is depreciated
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The body-background attribute has been deprecated in HTML5. The correct way to style the ```<body>` `` tag is with CSS.
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There are several CSS properties used for setting the background of an element. These can be used on < body > to set the background of an entire page.
## Check it Out:
* [CSS background proprety ](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/guides/blob/master/src/pages/css/background/index.md )
