ref: 5e39eb20a66812e08233431a6c3ffeef691a6f22
dir: /docs/content/en/functions/highlight.md/
---
title: highlight
linktitle: highlight
description: Takes a string of code and language declaration and uses Chroma to return syntax-highlighted HTML.
godocref:
date: 2017-02-01
publishdate: 2017-02-01
lastmod: 2017-02-01
categories: [functions]
menu:
docs:
parent: "functions"
keywords: [highlighting,code blocks,syntax]
signature: ["highlight INPUT LANG OPTIONS"]
workson: []
hugoversion:
relatedfuncs: []
deprecated: false
---
[`highlight` is used in Hugo's built-in `highlight` shortcode][highlight].
[highlight]: /content-management/shortcodes/#highlight
[installpygments]: /getting-started/installing/#installing-pygments-optional
[syntax]: /content-management/syntax-highlighting/