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Specificity means that more specific selectors are given priority over less specific selectors

 

<html>
<head>
<title>Specificity</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
  background-color: red;
  font-size: 1.3em;
  color: white;
  font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
}

p {
  color: navy;
}

p b {
  color: white;
}

b#cyan {
  color: cyan;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Specificity:</h1>
<p><i><b id="cyan">Specificity</b></i> means that more <b>&quot;specific&quot;</b>
selectors are given priority over less specific selectors.</p>
</body>
</html>








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