Create excel like table html from pandas dataframe to send in email reports

df_to_html_table.py

def df_to_html_table(df):
    css = """
        <style>
            table {
                border-collapse: collapse;
                width: 50%;
                margin: 20px auto;
                font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
            }
            th {
                background-color: #4f81bd;
                color: white;
                border: 1px solid white;
                padding: 8px;
                text-align: left;
                text-align: center;
            }
            td {
                border: 1px solid #4f81bd;
                padding: 8px;
                text-align: left;
            }
            tr:nth-child(even) {
                background-color: #d3e5f2;
            }
            tr:hover {
                background-color: #c4d4e8;
            }
        </style>
        """
    html_string = css + df.to_html(index=False)
    return html_string