CSS Data Type - <percentage>

Quiz

The CSS <percentage> data type represents a proportion of another value, typically relative to the parent element or some other reference value. Percentages are often used in various CSS properties (such as font-size, width, height, margin, and padding) to specify dimensions, spacing, or other proportional values.

Syntax

<number>%

A <number> and the percentage symbol (%) come together to form the <percentage> data type. A single + or - sign is an optional way to start it, albeit not all properties allow negative values. Unlike other dimension kinds, CSS dimensions do not have a gap between the symbol and the number.

CSS <percentage> - Sizing Font

The following example demonstrates the usage of <percentage> datatype to size the font.

 <html>
<head>
<style>
   body, html {
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
   }
   .container {
      width: 90%; /* Set container width to 90% of the viewport width */
      background-color: #f0f0f0;
      margin: 40px auto; 
   }
   .text {
      font-size: 100%; /* Default font size (16px) */
      text-align: center;
      margin: 20px 0;
   }
   .text-smaller {
      font-size: 80%; /* Font size 80% of the default size */
      color: red;
   }
   .text-larger {
      font-size: 120%; /* Font size 120% of the default size */
      color: blue;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
   <p class="text">Font Size with Percentage</p>
   <p class="text text-smaller">Smaller Font Size</p>
   <p class="text text-larger">Larger Font Size</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

CSS <percentage> - Sizing A Box

The following example demonstrates the usage of <percentage> datatype to alter the size of container and box.

<html>
<head>
<style>
   body, html {
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
   }  
   .container {
      width: 70%; /* Set container width to 70% of the viewport width */
      margin: 20px auto; 
      background-color: #f4f4f4; 
      padding: 20px; 
   }   
   .box {
      width: 40%; /* Box width set to 40% of its container */
      height: 200px;
      background-color: #3498db; 
      color: white;
      text-align: center;
      line-height: 200px;
      margin: 0 auto 20px; 
   }
   .box:nth-child(2) {
      width: 60%; /* Box width set to 60% of its container */
      height: 160px;
      background-color: #e74c3c; 
      line-height: 160px;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="box">
   <p>Box 1 - 40% of container width</p>
</div>
<div class="box">
   <p>Box 2 - 60% of container width</p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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