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Link utilities are used to stylize your anchors to adjust their color, opacity, underline offset, underline color, and more.

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Link opacity#

Change the alpha opacity of the link color with utilities. Please be aware that changes to a color's opacity can lead to links with insufficient contrast.

<p><a class="link-opacity-10" href="#">Link opacity 10</a></p>
<p><a class="link-opacity-25" href="#">Link opacity 25</a></p>
<p><a class="link-opacity-50" href="#">Link opacity 50</a></p>
<p><a class="link-opacity-75" href="#">Link opacity 75</a></p>
<p><a class="link-opacity-100" href="#">Link opacity 100</a></p>

You can even change the opacity level on hover.

Link hover opacity 10

Link hover opacity 25

Link hover opacity 50

Link hover opacity 75

Link hover opacity 100

<p><a class="link-opacity-10-hover" href="#">Link hover opacity 10</a></p>
<p><a class="link-opacity-25-hover" href="#">Link hover opacity 25</a></p>
<p><a class="link-opacity-50-hover" href="#">Link hover opacity 50</a></p>
<p><a class="link-opacity-75-hover" href="#">Link hover opacity 75</a></p>
<p><a class="link-opacity-100-hover" href="#">Link hover opacity 100</a></p>

Link underlines#

Underline color#

Change the underline's color independent of the link text color.

<p><a href="#" class="link-underline-primary">Primary underline</a></p>
<p><a href="#" class="link-underline-secondary">Secondary underline</a></p>
<p><a href="#" class="link-underline-success">Success underline</a></p>
<p><a href="#" class="link-underline-danger">Danger underline</a></p>
<p><a href="#" class="link-underline-warning">Warning underline</a></p>
<p><a href="#" class="link-underline-info">Info underline</a></p>
<p><a href="#" class="link-underline-light">Light underline</a></p>
<p><a href="#" class="link-underline-dark">Dark underline</a></p>

Underline offset#

Change the underline's distance from your text. Offset is set in em units to automatically scale with the element's current font-size.

<p><a href="#">Default link</a></p>
<p><a class="link-offset-1" href="#">Offset 1 link</a></p>
<p><a class="link-offset-2" href="#">Offset 2 link</a></p>
<p><a class="link-offset-3" href="#">Offset 3 link</a></p>

Underline opacity#

Change the underline's opacity. Requires adding .link-underline to first set the underline color whose opacity is then modified.

Underline opacity 100

<p><a class="link-offset-2 link-underline link-underline-opacity-0" href="#">Underline opacity 0</a></p>
<p><a class="link-offset-2 link-underline link-underline-opacity-10" href="#">Underline opacity 10</a></p>
<p><a class="link-offset-2 link-underline link-underline-opacity-25" href="#">Underline opacity 25</a></p>
<p><a class="link-offset-2 link-underline link-underline-opacity-50" href="#">Underline opacity 50</a></p>
<p><a class="link-offset-2 link-underline link-underline-opacity-75" href="#">Underline opacity 75</a></p>
<p><a class="link-offset-2 link-underline link-underline-opacity-100" href="#">Underline opacity 100</a></p>

Hover variants#

Just like the .link-opacity-*-hover utilities, .link-offset and .link-underline-opacity utilities include :hover variants by default. Mix and match to create unique link styles.

Underline opacity 0

<a class="link-offset-2 link-offset-3-hover link-underline link-underline-opacity-0 link-underline-opacity-75-hover" href="#">
  Underline opacity 0
</a>

Colored links#

Colored link helpers pair with the link utilities. Use the utilities to modify the link opacity, underline opacity, and underline offset.

<p><a href="#" class="link-primary link-offset-2 link-underline-opacity-25 link-underline-opacity-100-hover">Primary link</a></p>
<p><a href="#" class="link-secondary link-offset-2 link-underline-opacity-25 link-underline-opacity-100-hover">Secondary link</a></p>
<p><a href="#" class="link-success link-offset-2 link-underline-opacity-25 link-underline-opacity-100-hover">Success link</a></p>
<p><a href="#" class="link-danger link-offset-2 link-underline-opacity-25 link-underline-opacity-100-hover">Danger link</a></p>
<p><a href="#" class="link-warning link-offset-2 link-underline-opacity-25 link-underline-opacity-100-hover">Warning link</a></p>
<p><a href="#" class="link-info link-offset-2 link-underline-opacity-25 link-underline-opacity-100-hover">Info link</a></p>
<p><a href="#" class="link-light link-offset-2 link-underline-opacity-25 link-underline-opacity-100-hover">Light link</a></p>
<p><a href="#" class="link-dark link-offset-2 link-underline-opacity-25 link-underline-opacity-100-hover">Dark link</a></p>
<p><a href="#" class="link-body-emphasis link-offset-2 link-underline-opacity-25 link-underline-opacity-75-hover">Emphasis link</a></p>

Accessibility tip: Using color to add meaning only provides a visual indication, which will not be conveyed to users of assistive technologies like screen readers. Please ensure the meaning is obvious from the content itself (e.g., the visible text with a sufficient color contrast) or is included through alternative means, such as additional text hidden with the .visually-hidden class.