Skip to Content
Change Text Size or Colors
All Translations

Web Accessibility Initiative WAI

Strategies, standards, resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities

Get Involved
About W3C WAI
Search:

Create and Edit Documents
Design Components

Home
Design Components
Atoms
Mark Element

Mark Element

Overview

Use the <mark> element to highlight text.

Code

This is a <mark>marked</mark> text.

Rendered output

This is a marked text.

HTML output (DO NOT USE)

This is a <mark>marked</mark> text.

Previous: Atoms

Help improve this page

Please share your ideas, suggestions, or comments via e-mail to the publicly-archived list wai@w3.org or via GitHub.

E-mail Fork & Edit on GitHub New GitHub Issue

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

Strategies, standards, and supporting resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities.

Mastodon
LinkedIn
Feed
YouTube
Get News in Email

Copyright © 2025 World Wide Web Consortium (W3C^®). See Permission to Use WAI Material.

Sponsors and Funders
Contact WAI
Site Map
News
Accessibility Statement
Translations
Resources for Roles