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<h1–h6>

Six levels of section headings that form the document outline screen readers and crawlers navigate by.

Baseline: Widely available · Sectioning & landmarks

When to use it

One h1 per page; pick each level by outline depth, descending one step at a time.

When not to

Never choose a level for its font size, never skip levels going down, and never fake a heading with bold text.

Key attributes

id
anchor target for deep links

Example

<h1>The page topic</h1>
<h2>A chapter</h2>
<h3>A subsection</h3>
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