Links

USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS

Links

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Overview

Primary text links are used as a call to action, frequently to navigate to another page or expose hidden content. Generally, buttons will be used for the most important actions on the page, while links are used for less important ones.

Specifications

Primary

Default

 

links-primary-on-load
  • Text Color: #007ABC
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px

Hover/Pressed


links-primary-hover-pressed
  • Text Color: #007ABC
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Underline, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px

On Focus - (ADA compliant) - appears on keyboard navigation only

links-primary-on-focus
  • Text Color: #007ABC
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px
  • Stroke: #007ABC | Corner Radius: 4px | Thickness: 3px | Padding: 4px

Secondary (In-Line)

Default

 

links-secondary-on-load
  • Text Color: #007ABC
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: Regular, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px

Hover/Pressed

 

links-secondary-hover-pressed
  • Text Color: #007ABC
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: Regular, Underline, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px

On Focus - (ADA compliant) - appears on keyboard navigation only

links-secondary-on-focus
  • Text Color: #007ABC
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: Regular, Underline, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px
  • Focus Outline: Stroke: #007ABC | Corner Radius: 4px | Thickness:1px | Padding: 4px

Primary (On Dark)

Dark background use should be limited to informative page callout or promotionals.

Default

 

links-primary-on-dark-on-load
  • Text Color: #FFFFFF
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px

Hover/Pressed

 

links-primary-on-dark-hover-pressed
  • Text Color: #FFFFFF
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Underline, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px

On Focus - (ADA compliant) - appears on keyboard navigation only

links-primary-on-dark-on-focus
  • Text Color: #FFFFFF
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px
  • Stroke: #FFFFFF | Corner Radius: 2px | Thickness: 2px

Secondary (In Line On Dark)

Dark background use should be limited to informative page callout or promotionals.

Default

 

links-secondary-on-dark-on-load
  • Text Color: #FFFFFF
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px

Hover/Pressed

 

links-secondary-on-dark-hover-pressed
  • Text Color: #FFFFFF
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Underline, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px

On Focus - (ADA compliant) - appears on keyboard navigation only

links-secondary-on-dark-on-focus
  • Text Color: #FFFFFF
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Titlecase, Underline
  • Letter Spacing: 0px
  • Stroke: #FFFFFF | Corner Radius: 2px | Thickness:2px | Padding: 4px

Links with Icons

Link appears to the left OR right of the icon when using typographic icons such as “>” or “+” (which use the same color as the link text).
Link appears to the right of utility icons (SVGs that have an on-load color of #333333 and hover (desktop only) state of #007ABC).

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Trailing Icons

Default


links-links-with-icons-on-load
  • Text Color: #007ABC
  • Icon Color: #007ABC
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px

Hover/Pressed


links-links-with-icons-hover-pressed
  • Text Color: #007ABC
  • Icon Color: #007ABC
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Underline, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px

On Focus - (ADA compliant) - appears on keyboard navigation only

links-links-with-icons-on-focus
  • Text Color: #007ABC
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px
  • Stroke: #007ABC | Corner Radius: 4px | Thickness:3px | Padding: 4px

Trailing Icons (On Dark)

Default

 

links-links-with-icons-primary-on-dark-on-load
  • Text Color: #FFFFFF
  • Icon Color: #FFFFFF
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px

Hover/Pressed

 

links-links-with-icons-primary-on-dark-hover-pressed
  • Text Color: #FFFFFF
  • Icon Color: #FFFFFF
  • Font: NotoSans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Underline, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px

On Focus - (ADA compliant) - appears on keyboard navigation only

links-links-with-icons-primary-on-dark-on-focus
  • Text Color: #FFFFFF
  • Icon Color: #FFFFFF
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Titlecase, Underline
  • Letter Spacing: 0px
  • Stroke: #FFFFFF | Corner Radius: 2px | Thickness: 2px | Padding: 4px

Leading Icons

Default


links-with-leading-icons-on-load
  • Text Color: #007ABC
  • Icon Color: #007ABC
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px

Hover/Pressed

 

links-with-leading-icons-hover-pressed
  • Text Color: #007ABC
  • Icon Color: #007ABC
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Underline, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px

On Focus - (ADA compliant) - appears on keyboard navigation only

links-with-leading-icons-on-focus
  • Text Color: #007ABC
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px
  • Stroke: #007ABC | Corner Radius: 4px | Thickness:3px | Padding: 4px

Leading Icons (On Dark)

Default

 

links-leading-icons-on-dark-on-load
  • Text Color: #FFFFFF
  • Icon Color: #FFFFFF
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px

Hover/Pressed

 

links-leading-icons-on-dark-hover-pressed
  • Text Color: #FFFFFF
  • Icon Color: #FFFFFF
  • Font: NotoSans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Underline, Titlecase
  • Letter Spacing: 0px

On Focus - (ADA compliant) - appears on keyboard navigation only

links-leading-with-icons-on-dark-on-focus
  • Text Color: #FFFFFF
  • Icon Color: #FFFFFF
  • Font: Noto Sans 16px
  • Text Style: SemiBold, Titlecase, Underline
  • Letter Spacing: 0px
  • Stroke: #FFFFFF | Corner Radius: 2px | Thickness: 2px | Padding: 4px

Usage Guidelines

Icon placement

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Typographic icons (icons that can be made from text and don’t necessarily require separate SVGs) can appear to either the right or the left of a text link, depending on what makes the most sense.

Icons should not appear above or below a text link.