Change table header color using bootstrap
You could simply apply one of the bootstrap contextual background colors to the header row. In this case (blue background, white text): primary.
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<table class="table" >
<tr class="bg-primary">
<th>
Firstname
</th>
<th>
Surname
</th>
<th></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>Doe</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jane</td>
<td>Roe</td>
</tr>
</table>Here is another way to separate your table header and table body:
thead th {
background-color: #006DCC;
color: white;
}
tbody td {
background-color: #EEEEEE;
}
Have a look at this example for separation of head and body of table. JsFiddleLink
In your CSS
th {
background-color: blue;
color: white;
}