HTML Tags Quick Reference Chart
Tag Simple Use
<html> Root of an HTML document
<head> Contains metadata, links, title, scripts
<title> Defines the title shown on browser tab
<body> Main visible content of page
<h1> to <h6> Headings (largest to smallest)
<p> Paragraph text
<br> Line break
<hr> Horizontal line
<b> / <strong> Bold text
<i> / <em> Italic text
<u> Underline text
<mark> Highlighted text
<small> Smaller text
<sup> Superscript (x²)
<sub> Subscript (H■O)
<a> Hyperlink
<img> Insert image
<video> Embed video
<audio> Embed audio
<iframe> Embed another page (YouTube, map)
<ul> Unordered list
<ol> Ordered list
<li> List item
<dl> Description list
<dt> Description term
<dd> Description detail
<table> Table container
<tr> Table row
<td> Table data cell
<th> Table header cell
<caption> Table title
<form> Form container
<input> User input field
<label> Label for input field
<textarea> Multi-line text input
<button> Clickable button
<select> Dropdown menu
<option> Dropdown option
<fieldset> Group related form inputs
<legend> Caption for fieldset
<header> Page or section header
<nav> Navigation links
<section> Defines a section of content
<article> Independent article or post
<aside> Sidebar content
<footer> Footer of page
<main> Main page content
<figure> Image/illustration group
<figcaption> Caption for figure
<script> Embed JavaScript code
<noscript> Fallback when JS is not supported
<style> Internal CSS styling
<link> Link to external resource (CSS)
<div> Block-level container
<span> Inline container
<meta> Page metadata (charset, description)
<canvas> Drawing/graphics container
<progress> Progress bar
<time> Represents time/date
