diff --git a/src/ansi2html/converter.py b/src/ansi2html/converter.py
index 5e13814..7152750 100644
--- a/src/ansi2html/converter.py
+++ b/src/ansi2html/converter.py
@@ -287,6 +287,14 @@ class Ansi2HTMLConverter:
     >>> conv = Ansi2HTMLConverter()
     >>> ansi = " ".join(sys.stdin.readlines())
     >>> html = conv.convert(ansi)
+
+    Example with Custom CSS Overrides:
+
+    >>> custom_css_content_dict = {'font-family':'"Lucida Console", "Courier New", monospace', 'font-size':'8px'} # produces css like: 'font-family: "Lucida Console", "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 12px;'
+    >>> conv = Ansi2HTMLConverter(custom_bg='#FFFFFF', custom_fg='#FF0000', custom_content_css_dict=custom_css_content_dict)
+    >>> ansi = " ".join(sys.stdin.readlines())
+    >>> html = conv.convert(ansi)
+
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -302,6 +310,9 @@ def __init__(
         output_encoding: str = "utf-8",
         scheme: str = "ansi2html",
         title: str = "",
+        custom_bg: Optional[str] = None,
+        custom_fg: Optional[str] = None,
+        custom_content_css_dict: Optional[dict] = None,
     ) -> None:
         self.latex = latex
         self.inline = inline
@@ -316,11 +327,22 @@ def __init__(
         self.title = title
         self._attrs: Attributes
         self.hyperref = False
+        self.custom_bg = custom_bg
+        self.custom_fg = custom_fg
+        self.custom_content_css_dict = custom_content_css_dict or {}
+
         if inline:
             self.styles = dict(
                 [
                     (item.klass.strip("."), item)
-                    for item in get_styles(self.dark_bg, self.line_wrap, self.scheme)
+                    for item in get_styles(
+                        self.dark_bg,
+                        self.line_wrap,
+                        self.scheme,
+                        custom_bg=self.custom_bg,
+                        custom_fg=self.custom_fg,
+                        custom_content_css_dict=self.custom_content_css_dict,
+                    )
                 ]
             )
 
@@ -631,7 +653,14 @@ def convert(
             _template = _latex_template
         else:
             _template = _html_template
-        all_styles = get_styles(self.dark_bg, self.line_wrap, self.scheme)
+        all_styles = get_styles(
+            self.dark_bg,
+            self.line_wrap,
+            self.scheme,
+            custom_bg=self.custom_bg,
+            custom_fg=self.custom_fg,
+            custom_content_css_dict=self.custom_content_css_dict,
+        )
         backgrounds = all_styles[:5]
         used_styles = filter(
             lambda e: e.klass.lstrip(".") in attrs["styles"], all_styles
@@ -649,7 +678,17 @@ def convert(
     def produce_headers(self) -> str:
         return '<style type="text/css">\n%(style)s\n</style>\n' % {
             "style": "\n".join(
-                map(str, get_styles(self.dark_bg, self.line_wrap, self.scheme))
+                map(
+                    str,
+                    get_styles(
+                        self.dark_bg,
+                        self.line_wrap,
+                        self.scheme,
+                        custom_bg=self.custom_bg,
+                        custom_fg=self.custom_fg,
+                        custom_content_css_dict=self.custom_content_css_dict,
+                    ),
+                )
             )
         }
 
diff --git a/src/ansi2html/style.py b/src/ansi2html/style.py
index 719a95e..344dda3 100644
--- a/src/ansi2html/style.py
+++ b/src/ansi2html/style.py
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ def get_styles(
     dark_bg: bool = True,
     line_wrap: bool = True,
     scheme: str = "ansi2html",
+    custom_bg=None,
+    custom_fg=None,
+    custom_content_css_dict=None,
 ) -> List[Rule]:
     css = [
         Rule(
@@ -250,9 +253,13 @@ def get_styles(
             white_space=("pre", "pre-wrap")[line_wrap],
             word_wrap="break-word",
             display="inline",
+            **(custom_content_css_dict or {}),
+        ),
+        Rule(".body_foreground", color=custom_fg or ("#000000", "#AAAAAA")[dark_bg]),
+        Rule(
+            ".body_background",
+            background_color=custom_bg or ("#AAAAAA", "#000000")[dark_bg],
         ),
-        Rule(".body_foreground", color=("#000000", "#AAAAAA")[dark_bg]),
-        Rule(".body_background", background_color=("#AAAAAA", "#000000")[dark_bg]),
         Rule(".inv_foreground", color=("#000000", "#AAAAAA")[not dark_bg]),
         Rule(".inv_background", background_color=("#AAAAAA", "#000000")[not dark_bg]),
         # These effects are "SGR (Select Graphic Rendition) parameters"