What are CSS Selectors?

CSS selectors are used to target and select HTML elements so that styles (CSS rules) can be applied to them.

They act like a bridge between your HTML structure and your CSS styling.

👉 Example:

p {
  color: blue;
}

This selector targets all <p> elements and makes their text blue.

 Types of CSS Selectors

CSS selectors are mainly divided into 5 categories:

• Simple selectors (select elements based on name, id, class)
• Combinator selectors (select elements based on a specific relationship between them)
• Pseudo-class selectors (select elements based on a certain state)
• Pseudo-elements selectors (select and style a part of an element)
• Attribute selectors (select elements based on an attribute or attribute value)