http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_margin.asp
Margin
The margin clears an area around an element (outside the border). The margin does not have a background color, and is completely transparent.
The top, right, bottom, and left margin can be changed independently using separate properties. A shorthand margin property can also be used, to change all margins at once.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p {
background-color: yellow;
}
p.ex {
margin-top: 100px;
margin-bottom: 100px;
margin-right: 150px;
margin-left: 50px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is a paragraph with no specified margins.</p>
<p class="ex">This is a paragraph with specified margins.</p>
</body>
</html>