Padding vs Margin Explained With Animation In short, padding is inside, margin is outside Padding refers to the space inside an element, such as a text box, separating its content from its border. In CSS, it is specified using padding-top, padding-right, padding-bottom, and padding-left properties. The default values are 0. Margin is the space outside an element, creating distance between it and other elements. It is defined using margin-top, margin-right, margin-bottom, and margin-left properti