diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.3.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.3.0.rst
index 2f2e8aed6fdb8..8cc17da3d5647 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.3.0.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.3.0.rst
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ properly format HTML and eliminate some inconsistencies (:issue:`39942` :issue:`
 One also has greater control of the display through separate sparsification of the index or columns, using the new 'styler' options context (:issue:`41142`).
 
 We have added an extension to allow LaTeX styling as an alternative to CSS styling and a method :meth:`.Styler.to_latex`
-which renders the necessary LaTeX format including built-up styles.
+which renders the necessary LaTeX format including built-up styles. An additional file io function :meth:`Styler.to_html` has been added for convenience (:issue:`40312`).
 
 Documentation has also seen major revisions in light of new features (:issue:`39720` :issue:`39317` :issue:`40493`)
 
diff --git a/pandas/io/formats/style.py b/pandas/io/formats/style.py
index 977a3a24f0844..2f4e51478aaf6 100644
--- a/pandas/io/formats/style.py
+++ b/pandas/io/formats/style.py
@@ -739,6 +739,74 @@ def to_latex(
 
         return save_to_buffer(latex, buf=buf, encoding=encoding)
 
+    def to_html(
+        self,
+        buf: FilePathOrBuffer[str] | None = None,
+        *,
+        table_uuid: str | None = None,
+        table_attributes: str | None = None,
+        encoding: str | None = None,
+        doctype_html: bool = False,
+        exclude_styles: bool = False,
+    ):
+        """
+        Write Styler to a file, buffer or string in HTML-CSS format.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 1.3.0
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        buf : str, Path, or StringIO-like, optional, default None
+            Buffer to write to. If ``None``, the output is returned as a string.
+        table_uuid: str, optional
+            Id attribute assigned to the <table> HTML element in the format:
+
+            ``<table id="T_<table_uuid>" ..>``
+
+            If not given uses Styler's initially assigned value.
+        table_attributes: str, optional
+            Attributes to assign within the `<table>` HTML element in the format:
+
+            ``<table .. <table_attributes> >``
+
+            If not given defaults to Styler's preexisting value.
+        encoding : str, optional
+            Character encoding setting for file output, and HTML meta tags,
+            defaults to "utf-8" if None.
+        doctype_html : bool, default False
+            Whether to output a fully structured HTML file including all
+            HTML elements, or just the core ``<style>`` and ``<table>`` elements.
+        exclude_styles : bool, default False
+            Whether to include the ``<style>`` element and all associated element
+            ``class`` and ``id`` identifiers, or solely the ``<table>`` element without
+            styling identifiers.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        str or None
+            If `buf` is None, returns the result as a string. Otherwise returns `None`.
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+        DataFrame.to_html: Write a DataFrame to a file, buffer or string in HTML format.
+        """
+        if table_uuid:
+            self.set_uuid(table_uuid)
+
+        if table_attributes:
+            self.set_table_attributes(table_attributes)
+
+        # Build HTML string..
+        html = self.render(
+            exclude_styles=exclude_styles,
+            encoding=encoding if encoding else "utf-8",
+            doctype_html=doctype_html,
+        )
+
+        return save_to_buffer(
+            html, buf=buf, encoding=(encoding if buf is not None else None)
+        )
+
     def set_td_classes(self, classes: DataFrame) -> Styler:
         """
         Set the DataFrame of strings added to the ``class`` attribute of ``<td>``
diff --git a/pandas/io/formats/templates/html.tpl b/pandas/io/formats/templates/html.tpl
index 65fc1dfbb37c4..880c78c8d6b05 100644
--- a/pandas/io/formats/templates/html.tpl
+++ b/pandas/io/formats/templates/html.tpl
@@ -1,70 +1,16 @@
-{# Update the template_structure.html document too #}
-{%- block before_style -%}{%- endblock before_style -%}
-{% block style %}
-<style type="text/css">
-{% block table_styles %}
-{% for s in table_styles %}
-#T_{{uuid}} {{s.selector}} {
-{% for p,val in s.props %}
-  {{p}}: {{val}};
-{% endfor %}
-}
-{% endfor %}
-{% endblock table_styles %}
-{% block before_cellstyle %}{% endblock before_cellstyle %}
-{% block cellstyle %}
-{% for s in cellstyle %}
-{% for selector in s.selectors %}{% if not loop.first %}, {% endif %}#T_{{uuid}}{{selector}}{% endfor %} {
-{% for p,val in s.props %}
-  {{p}}: {{val}};
-{% endfor %}
-}
-{% endfor %}
-{% endblock cellstyle %}
-</style>
-{% endblock style %}
-{% block before_table %}{% endblock before_table %}
-{% block table %}
-<table id="T_{{uuid}}"{% if table_attributes %} {{table_attributes}}{% endif %}>
-{% block caption %}
-{% if caption %}
-  <caption>{{caption}}</caption>
+{# Update the template_structure.html documentation too #}
+{% if doctype_html %}
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+<meta charset="{{encoding}}">
+{% if not exclude_styles %}{% include "html_style.tpl" %}{% endif %}
+</head>
+<body>
+{% include "html_table.tpl" %}
+</body>
+</html>
+{% elif not doctype_html %}
+{% if not exclude_styles %}{% include "html_style.tpl" %}{% endif %}
+{% include "html_table.tpl" %}
 {% endif %}
-{% endblock caption %}
-{% block thead %}
-  <thead>
-{% block before_head_rows %}{% endblock %}
-{% for r in head %}
-{% block head_tr scoped %}
-    <tr>
-{% for c in r %}
-{% if c.is_visible != False %}
-      <{{c.type}} class="{{c.class}}" {{c.attributes}}>{{c.value}}</{{c.type}}>
-{% endif %}
-{% endfor %}
-    </tr>
-{% endblock head_tr %}
-{% endfor %}
-{% block after_head_rows %}{% endblock %}
-  </thead>
-{% endblock thead %}
-{% block tbody %}
-  <tbody>
-{% block before_rows %}{% endblock before_rows %}
-{% for r in body %}
-{% block tr scoped %}
-    <tr>
-{% for c in r %}
-{% if c.is_visible != False %}
-      <{{c.type}} {% if c.id is defined -%} id="T_{{uuid}}{{c.id}}" {%- endif %} class="{{c.class}}" {{c.attributes}}>{{c.display_value}}</{{c.type}}>
-{% endif %}
-{% endfor %}
-    </tr>
-{% endblock tr %}
-{% endfor %}
-{% block after_rows %}{% endblock after_rows %}
-  </tbody>
-{% endblock tbody %}
-</table>
-{% endblock table %}
-{% block after_table %}{% endblock after_table %}
diff --git a/pandas/io/formats/templates/html_style.tpl b/pandas/io/formats/templates/html_style.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b34893076bedd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pandas/io/formats/templates/html_style.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{%- block before_style -%}{%- endblock before_style -%}
+{% block style %}
+<style type="text/css">
+{% block table_styles %}
+{% for s in table_styles %}
+#T_{{uuid}} {{s.selector}} {
+{% for p,val in s.props %}
+  {{p}}: {{val}};
+{% endfor %}
+}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endblock table_styles %}
+{% block before_cellstyle %}{% endblock before_cellstyle %}
+{% block cellstyle %}
+{% for s in cellstyle %}
+{% for selector in s.selectors %}{% if not loop.first %}, {% endif %}#T_{{uuid}}{{selector}}{% endfor %} {
+{% for p,val in s.props %}
+  {{p}}: {{val}};
+{% endfor %}
+}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endblock cellstyle %}
+</style>
+{% endblock style %}
diff --git a/pandas/io/formats/templates/html_table.tpl b/pandas/io/formats/templates/html_table.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dadefa4bd8365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pandas/io/formats/templates/html_table.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{% block before_table %}{% endblock before_table %}
+{% block table %}
+{% if exclude_styles %}
+<table>
+{% else %}
+<table id="T_{{uuid}}"{% if table_attributes %} {{table_attributes}}{% endif %}>
+{% endif %}
+{% block caption %}
+{% if caption %}
+  <caption>{{caption}}</caption>
+{% endif %}
+{% endblock caption %}
+{% block thead %}
+  <thead>
+{% block before_head_rows %}{% endblock %}
+{% for r in head %}
+{% block head_tr scoped %}
+    <tr>
+{% if exclude_styles %}
+{% for c in r %}
+{% if c.is_visible != False %}
+      <{{c.type}} {{c.attributes}}>{{c.value}}</{{c.type}}>
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+{% else %}
+{% for c in r %}
+{% if c.is_visible != False %}
+      <{{c.type}} class="{{c.class}}" {{c.attributes}}>{{c.value}}</{{c.type}}>
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+    </tr>
+{% endblock head_tr %}
+{% endfor %}
+{% block after_head_rows %}{% endblock %}
+  </thead>
+{% endblock thead %}
+{% block tbody %}
+  <tbody>
+{% block before_rows %}{% endblock before_rows %}
+{% for r in body %}
+{% block tr scoped %}
+    <tr>
+{% if exclude_styles %}
+{% for c in r %}{% if c.is_visible != False %}
+      <{{c.type}} {{c.attributes}}>{{c.display_value}}</{{c.type}}>
+{% endif %}{% endfor %}
+{% else %}
+{% for c in r %}{% if c.is_visible != False %}
+      <{{c.type}} {% if c.id is defined -%} id="T_{{uuid}}{{c.id}}" {%- endif %} class="{{c.class}}" {{c.attributes}}>{{c.display_value}}</{{c.type}}>
+{% endif %}{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+    </tr>
+{% endblock tr %}
+{% endfor %}
+{% block after_rows %}{% endblock after_rows %}
+  </tbody>
+{% endblock tbody %}
+</table>
+{% endblock table %}
+{% block after_table %}{% endblock after_table %}
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/formats/style/test_html.py b/pandas/tests/io/formats/style/test_html.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6c3abe04db926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/formats/style/test_html.py
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+from textwrap import dedent
+
+import pytest
+
+from pandas import DataFrame
+
+jinja2 = pytest.importorskip("jinja2")
+from pandas.io.formats.style import Styler
+
+loader = jinja2.PackageLoader("pandas", "io/formats/templates")
+env = jinja2.Environment(loader=loader, trim_blocks=True)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def styler():
+    return Styler(DataFrame([[2.61], [2.69]], index=["a", "b"], columns=["A"]))
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def tpl_style():
+    return env.get_template("html_style.tpl")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def tpl_table():
+    return env.get_template("html_table.tpl")
+
+
+def test_html_template_extends_options():
+    # make sure if templates are edited tests are updated as are setup fixtures
+    # to understand the dependency
+    with open("pandas/io/formats/templates/html.tpl") as file:
+        result = file.read()
+    assert '{% include "html_style.tpl" %}' in result
+    assert '{% include "html_table.tpl" %}' in result
+
+
+def test_exclude_styles(styler):
+    result = styler.to_html(exclude_styles=True, doctype_html=True)
+    expected = dedent(
+        """\
+        <!DOCTYPE html>
+        <html>
+        <head>
+        <meta charset="utf-8">
+        </head>
+        <body>
+        <table>
+          <thead>
+            <tr>
+              <th >&nbsp;</th>
+              <th >A</th>
+            </tr>
+          </thead>
+          <tbody>
+            <tr>
+              <th >a</th>
+              <td >2.610000</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+              <th >b</th>
+              <td >2.690000</td>
+            </tr>
+          </tbody>
+        </table>
+        </body>
+        </html>
+        """
+    )
+    assert result == expected
+
+
+def test_w3_html_format(styler):
+    styler.set_uuid("").set_table_styles(
+        [{"selector": "th", "props": "att2:v2;"}]
+    ).applymap(lambda x: "att1:v1;").set_table_attributes(
+        'class="my-cls1" style="attr3:v3;"'
+    ).set_td_classes(
+        DataFrame(["my-cls2"], index=["a"], columns=["A"])
+    ).format(
+        "{:.1f}"
+    ).set_caption(
+        "A comprehensive test"
+    )
+    expected = dedent(
+        """\
+        <style type="text/css">
+        #T_ th {
+          att2: v2;
+        }
+        #T_row0_col0, #T_row1_col0 {
+          att1: v1;
+        }
+        </style>
+        <table id="T_" class="my-cls1" style="attr3:v3;">
+          <caption>A comprehensive test</caption>
+          <thead>
+            <tr>
+              <th class="blank level0" >&nbsp;</th>
+              <th class="col_heading level0 col0" >A</th>
+            </tr>
+          </thead>
+          <tbody>
+            <tr>
+              <th id="T_level0_row0" class="row_heading level0 row0" >a</th>
+              <td id="T_row0_col0" class="data row0 col0 my-cls2" >2.6</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+              <th id="T_level0_row1" class="row_heading level0 row1" >b</th>
+              <td id="T_row1_col0" class="data row1 col0" >2.7</td>
+            </tr>
+          </tbody>
+        </table>
+        """
+    )
+    assert expected == styler.render()
+
+
+def test_colspan_w3():
+    # GH 36223
+    df = DataFrame(data=[[1, 2]], columns=[["l0", "l0"], ["l1a", "l1b"]])
+    styler = Styler(df, uuid="_", cell_ids=False)
+    assert '<th class="col_heading level0 col0" colspan="2">l0</th>' in styler.render()
+
+
+def test_rowspan_w3():
+    # GH 38533
+    df = DataFrame(data=[[1, 2]], index=[["l0", "l0"], ["l1a", "l1b"]])
+    styler = Styler(df, uuid="_", cell_ids=False)
+    assert (
+        '<th id="T___level0_row0" class="row_heading '
+        'level0 row0" rowspan="2">l0</th>' in styler.render()
+    )
+
+
+def test_styles(styler):
+    styler.set_uuid("abc_")
+    styler.set_table_styles([{"selector": "td", "props": "color: red;"}])
+    result = styler.to_html(doctype_html=True)
+    expected = dedent(
+        """\
+        <!DOCTYPE html>
+        <html>
+        <head>
+        <meta charset="utf-8">
+        <style type="text/css">
+        #T_abc_ td {
+          color: red;
+        }
+        </style>
+        </head>
+        <body>
+        <table id="T_abc_">
+          <thead>
+            <tr>
+              <th class="blank level0" >&nbsp;</th>
+              <th class="col_heading level0 col0" >A</th>
+            </tr>
+          </thead>
+          <tbody>
+            <tr>
+              <th id="T_abc_level0_row0" class="row_heading level0 row0" >a</th>
+              <td id="T_abc_row0_col0" class="data row0 col0" >2.610000</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+              <th id="T_abc_level0_row1" class="row_heading level0 row1" >b</th>
+              <td id="T_abc_row1_col0" class="data row1 col0" >2.690000</td>
+            </tr>
+          </tbody>
+        </table>
+        </body>
+        </html>
+        """
+    )
+    assert result == expected
+
+
+def test_doctype(styler):
+    result = styler.to_html(doctype_html=False)
+    assert "<html>" not in result
+    assert "<body>" not in result
+    assert "<!DOCTYPE html>" not in result
+    assert "<head>" not in result
+
+
+def test_block_names(tpl_style, tpl_table):
+    # catch accidental removal of a block
+    expected_style = {
+        "before_style",
+        "style",
+        "table_styles",
+        "before_cellstyle",
+        "cellstyle",
+    }
+    expected_table = {
+        "before_table",
+        "table",
+        "caption",
+        "thead",
+        "tbody",
+        "after_table",
+        "before_head_rows",
+        "head_tr",
+        "after_head_rows",
+        "before_rows",
+        "tr",
+        "after_rows",
+    }
+    result1 = set(tpl_style.blocks)
+    assert result1 == expected_style
+
+    result2 = set(tpl_table.blocks)
+    assert result2 == expected_table
+
+
+def test_from_custom_template(tmpdir):
+    p = tmpdir.mkdir("templates").join("myhtml.tpl")
+    p.write(
+        dedent(
+            """\
+        {% extends "html.tpl" %}
+        {% block table %}
+        <h1>{{ table_title|default("My Table") }}</h1>
+        {{ super() }}
+        {% endblock table %}"""
+        )
+    )
+    result = Styler.from_custom_template(str(tmpdir.join("templates")), "myhtml.tpl")
+    assert issubclass(result, Styler)
+    assert result.env is not Styler.env
+    assert result.template_html is not Styler.template_html
+    styler = result(DataFrame({"A": [1, 2]}))
+    assert styler.render()
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/formats/style/test_style.py b/pandas/tests/io/formats/style/test_style.py
index c556081b5f562..12b4a13ade271 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/formats/style/test_style.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/formats/style/test_style.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import copy
 import re
-import textwrap
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
@@ -1293,21 +1292,6 @@ def test_column_and_row_styling(self):
         )
         assert "#T__ .row0 {\n  color: blue;\n}" in s.render()
 
-    def test_colspan_w3(self):
-        # GH 36223
-        df = DataFrame(data=[[1, 2]], columns=[["l0", "l0"], ["l1a", "l1b"]])
-        s = Styler(df, uuid="_", cell_ids=False)
-        assert '<th class="col_heading level0 col0" colspan="2">l0</th>' in s.render()
-
-    def test_rowspan_w3(self):
-        # GH 38533
-        df = DataFrame(data=[[1, 2]], index=[["l0", "l0"], ["l1a", "l1b"]])
-        s = Styler(df, uuid="_", cell_ids=False)
-        assert (
-            '<th id="T___level0_row0" class="row_heading '
-            'level0 row0" rowspan="2">l0</th>' in s.render()
-        )
-
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("len_", [1, 5, 32, 33, 100])
     def test_uuid_len(self, len_):
         # GH 36345
@@ -1328,49 +1312,6 @@ def test_uuid_len_raises(self, len_):
         with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             Styler(df, uuid_len=len_, cell_ids=False).render()
 
-    def test_w3_html_format(self):
-        s = (
-            Styler(
-                DataFrame([[2.61], [2.69]], index=["a", "b"], columns=["A"]),
-                uuid_len=0,
-            )
-            .set_table_styles([{"selector": "th", "props": "att2:v2;"}])
-            .applymap(lambda x: "att1:v1;")
-            .set_table_attributes('class="my-cls1" style="attr3:v3;"')
-            .set_td_classes(DataFrame(["my-cls2"], index=["a"], columns=["A"]))
-            .format("{:.1f}")
-            .set_caption("A comprehensive test")
-        )
-        expected = """<style type="text/css">
-#T__ th {
-  att2: v2;
-}
-#T__row0_col0, #T__row1_col0 {
-  att1: v1;
-}
-</style>
-<table id="T__" class="my-cls1" style="attr3:v3;">
-  <caption>A comprehensive test</caption>
-  <thead>
-    <tr>
-      <th class="blank level0" >&nbsp;</th>
-      <th class="col_heading level0 col0" >A</th>
-    </tr>
-  </thead>
-  <tbody>
-    <tr>
-      <th id="T__level0_row0" class="row_heading level0 row0" >a</th>
-      <td id="T__row0_col0" class="data row0 col0 my-cls2" >2.6</td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr>
-      <th id="T__level0_row1" class="row_heading level0 row1" >b</th>
-      <td id="T__row1_col0" class="data row1 col0" >2.7</td>
-    </tr>
-  </tbody>
-</table>
-"""
-        assert expected == s.render()
-
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "slc",
         [
@@ -1457,48 +1398,3 @@ def test_non_reducing_multi_slice_on_multiindex(self, slice_):
         expected = df.loc[slice_]
         result = df.loc[non_reducing_slice(slice_)]
         tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
-
-
-def test_block_names():
-    # catch accidental removal of a block
-    expected = {
-        "before_style",
-        "style",
-        "table_styles",
-        "before_cellstyle",
-        "cellstyle",
-        "before_table",
-        "table",
-        "caption",
-        "thead",
-        "tbody",
-        "after_table",
-        "before_head_rows",
-        "head_tr",
-        "after_head_rows",
-        "before_rows",
-        "tr",
-        "after_rows",
-    }
-    result = set(Styler.template_html.blocks)
-    assert result == expected
-
-
-def test_from_custom_template(tmpdir):
-    p = tmpdir.mkdir("templates").join("myhtml.tpl")
-    p.write(
-        textwrap.dedent(
-            """\
-        {% extends "html.tpl" %}
-        {% block table %}
-        <h1>{{ table_title|default("My Table") }}</h1>
-        {{ super() }}
-        {% endblock table %}"""
-        )
-    )
-    result = Styler.from_custom_template(str(tmpdir.join("templates")), "myhtml.tpl")
-    assert issubclass(result, Styler)
-    assert result.env is not Styler.env
-    assert result.template_html is not Styler.template_html
-    styler = result(DataFrame({"A": [1, 2]}))
-    assert styler.render()