input background: blue;
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' xml:lang='en'> <head> <title>Attribute Selectors</title> <style type='text/css'> * { font-size: 12px; } fieldset { border: 1px solid royalblue; } legend, label { color: royalblue; } input[type='text'] { background: blue; color: white; border: 3px solid royalblue; } </style> </head> <body> <form method='post' action='Example_3-3.html'> <fieldset> <legend>Feedback Form</legend> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><label for='first-name'>First Name:</label></td> <td><input type='text' name='first_name' id='first-name' value='Richard' size='25' /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </fieldset> </form> </body> </html>