Changing white background on header

Thank you. That did change the header color. However it now also changing the color of the background around the links on the page as well.

Here is the custom CSS I am using currently.

/*Welcome to Custom CSS!*/
::selection {
	background: #8499b1;
	color: #FFF;
}

::-moz-selection {
	background: #8499b1;
	color: #FFF;
}

/* Color style */
h1 a:hover,
h2 a:hover,
h3 a:hover,
h4 a:hover,
h5 a:hover,
h6 a:hover,
a,
.header-top a:hover,
.header-bottom {
	background: #454545;
}

.site-branding h1.site-title a,
#colophon .widget_calendar table a:hover {
	color: #8499b1;
}

/* Background color style */
.read-more,
.read-more.black:hover,
nav.main-menu ul > li ul li:hover a,
.pager li > a:hover, .pager li > a:focus,
#home-slider .slide-content .btn,
table thead,
a#scroll-top,
.post-meta-info .entry-meta .comments_count,
body input[type="submit"]:hover,
body input[type="submit"]:focus,
.mean-container .mean-bar,
.mean-container .mean-bar .mean-nav ul li a.meanmenu-reveal {
	background-color: #8499b1;
}

/* Border Color style */
.wp-caption,
.header-top,
nav.main-menu ul > li ul,
.pager li > a:hover, .pager li > a:focus,
#colophon,
.entry-content blockquote,
.post-meta-info .entry-meta,
.comment a.btn,
body input[type="text"]:focus,
body input[type="email"]:focus,
body input[type="url"]:focus,
body input[type="tel"]:focus,
body input[type="number"]:focus,
body input[type="date"]:focus,
body input[type="range"]:focus,
body input[type="password"]:focus,
body input[type="text"]:focus,
body textarea:focus,
body .form-control:focus,
select:focus {
	border-color: #8499b1;
}

.gallery .gallery-item img {
	border-color: #808080 !important;
}

/* Light color style */
.nav > li > a:hover, .nav > li > a:focus,
.post-meta-info .entry-meta,
.comment-form .alert-info {
	background-color: #EEFEFF;
}

.entry-content blockquote {
	background: #EEFEFF;
}

.error-404 a {
	color: #EEFEFF;
}

.comment-form .alert-info {
	border-color: #B0C9E0;
	color: #3A5758;
}

/* Responsive style */
@media (max-width: 991px) and (min-width: 0px) {
	.post-meta-info .entry-meta .comments_count,
																																			.post-meta-info .entry-meta {
		background: none;
		border-color: transparent;
		background-color: transparent;
	}

	.post-meta-info .entry-meta .comments_count a {
		background: none;
	}
}