BBS5 Colors

Learn about Bootstrap 5 text and background colors.

BS5 Colors

Bootstrap 5 has specific classes for text and background colors that convey meaning.

Text Colors

The classes for text colors are: .text-muted, .text-primary, .text-success, .text-info, .text-warning, .text-danger, .text-secondary, .text-white, .text-dark, .text-body (default body color/often black) and .text-light.

Background Colors

The classes for background colors are: .bg-primary, .bg-success, .bg-info, .bg-warning, .bg-danger, .bg-secondary, .bg-dark and .bg-light.

Examples

Contextual Text Colors

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Classes for coloring text.

<p class="text-muted">This text is muted.</p>
<p class="text-primary">This text is important.</p>
<p class="text-success">This text indicates success.</p>
<p class="text-info">This text represents some information.</p>
<p class="text-warning">This text represents a warning.</p>
<p class="text-danger">This text represents danger.</p>
<p class="text-secondary">Secondary text.</p>
<p class="text-dark">This text is dark grey.</p>
<p class="text-body">Default body color (often black).</p>
<p class="text-light bg-dark">This text is light grey (on dark background).</p>
<p class="text-white bg-dark">This text is white (on dark background).</p>

Opacity Text Colors

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Adding opacity to text.

<p class="text-black-50">Black text with 50% opacity on white background</p>
<p class="text-white-50 bg-dark">White text with 50% opacity on dark background</p>

Background Colors

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Classes for background colors.

<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-primary text-white">.bg-primary</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-secondary text-white">.bg-secondary</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-success text-white">.bg-success</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-danger text-white">.bg-danger</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-warning text-dark">.bg-warning</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-info text-dark">.bg-info</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-light text-dark">.bg-light</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-dark text-white">.bg-dark</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-body text-dark">.bg-body</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-white text-dark">.bg-white</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-transparent text-dark">.bg-transparent</div>

Test Your Knowledge

1. Which class sets the text color to red (danger)?

2. Which class is used for a primary background color?