I found an example of Markdown table styling here that worked with Microsoft Visual Studio Code preview.
The following example gives this result:

## Table Styling in Markdown
<style>
.heatMap {
width: 70%;
text-align: center;
}
.heatMap th {
background: grey;
word-wrap: break-word;
text-align: center;
}
.heatMap tr:nth-child(1) { background: red; }
.heatMap tr:nth-child(2) { background: orange; }
.heatMap tr:nth-child(3) { background: green; }
</style>
<div class="heatMap">
| Everything | in this table | is Centered | and the table will only take up 70% of the screen width |
| -- | -- | -- | -- |
| This | is | a | Red Row |
| This | is | an | Orange Row |
| This | is | a | Green Row |
</div>