Background Color on Entire Email

Posted on by CamillePalu

Here is the code.

<body bgcolor="#eeeeee" style="margin:0; padding:0; width:100% !important; background-color:#eeeeee;">
<div align="center" style="background-color:#ffffff;">
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</div>
</body>

Here is the breakdown.

bgcolor=”#eeeeee” on <body>
Works everywhere except:

  • Gmail App on Android
  • AOL Web Clients
  • Gmail Web Clients
  • Google Apps Web Clients
  • Yahoo! Mail Web Clients

style=”background-color:#eeeeee;” on <body>
Works everywhere except:

  • Android 4.4
  • Yahoo! Mail Web Clients

style=”background-color:#eeeeee;” on <div>
Leaves white padding around entire email in:

  • Outlook 2007
  • Outlook 2010
  • Outlook 2013
  • Outlook 2016