The padding-top property is used in CSS and certain HTML tags. It can only be used with an available background-color or background-image property, as it provides the information on the padding on the top side of the background color or image around the text. Its values can be entered in pixels or percentages. Pixels generate more accurate results, where percentages often make the padding too large. To specify padding around the entire object, use padding. To specify a different padding for each side of the object, use padding-bottom,