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Definition:


An HTML heading tag is used to define the headings of a page. There are six levels of headings defined by HTML. These 6 heading elements are h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, and h6; with h1 being the highest level and h6 being the least.

  • <h1> is used for the main heading. (Biggest in size)
  • <h2> is used for subheadings, if there are further sections under the subheadings then the <h3> elements are used. 
  • <h6> for the small heading (smallest one).

Syntax:


<h1>..................content...............</h1>

Example:


HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

    <h1>This is heading 1</h1>
    <h2>This is heading 2</h2>
    <h3>This is heading 3</h3>
    <h4>This is heading 4</h4>
    <h5>This is heading 5</h5>
    <h6>This is heading 6</h6>
</body>
</html>

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