---
title: Hugo Syntax Highlighting
description: Syntax Highlighting example test article that shows how to creating and highlighting code blocks in Hugo-generated site
date: 2018-04-15
categories:
- "Development"
tags:
- "Chroma"
- "Hugo"
- "Syntax Highlighting"
- "HTML"
- "Markdown"
---
You can have code snippets highlighted so that they are easier to read on your site using Chroma, Hugo's default syntax highlighter. It is built in Go lang and is really, really fast – and for the most important parts compatible with Pygments. Chroma takes source code and other structured text and converts it into syntax highlighted HTML, ANSI-coloured text, etc.
The example below shows a simple HTML code snippet highlighted with the Hugo [highlight](https://gohugo.io/content-management/shortcodes/#highlight) built-in shortcode:
{{< highlight html >}}
Example HTML5 Document
Test
{{< /highlight >}}
The following code snippet was used to achieve that result:
```
{{}}
Example HTML5 Document
Test
{{}}
```
For more information, see "[Hugo Syntax Highlighting](https://gohugo.io/content-management/syntax-highlighting)" from official Hugo docs.