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