Red Hat design system

Style

A call to action is text in a container or paired with an icon that directs users to new pages. Depending on the link, content, and hierarchy, a call to action can be used on its own or grouped with other calls to action.

Anatomy

Text label
Container
Border
Icon

Theme

Calls to action are available in both light and dark themes.

Light and dark themes

Image of light theme Primary, Secondary, Brick, Default, and Default video variants

Image of dark theme Primary, Secondary, Brick, Default, and Default video variants

Property	Light theme	Dark theme
Color - Primary text	#FFFFFF	#FFFFFF
Color - Primary surface	#EE0000	#EE0000
Border radius - Primary	4px 0.25rem	4px 0.25rem
Color - Secondary text and border	#151515	#FFFFFF
Border radius - Secondary	4px 0.25rem	4px 0.25rem
Border width - Primary	1px 0.0625rem	1px 0.0625rem
Color - Brick text	#0066CC	#73BCF7
Color - Brick border	#C7C7C7	#707070
Border radius - Brick	4px 0.25rem	4px 0.25rem
Border width - Brick	1px 0.0625rem	1px 0.0625rem
Color - Default text and icon	#0066CC	#73BCF7

Bricks

The Brick variant includes a slot for an icon as well as an extra orientation.

Image of light theme Brick variants; one with text and no icon, one with an icon on the left of text, and one with an icon on top of text

Property	Light theme	Dark theme
Color - icon	#707070	#A3A3A3

Video variants

Primary, Secondary, and Default variants include a slot for a video icon. The video icon is the same color as the text label.

Image of Primary, Secondary, and Default variants with video icons to the right of text

White variants

Dark theme includes white variants if other variants are duplicative or if they violate accessibility guidelines.

Image of Primary and Primary video variants with a white background and black text and Default and Default video variants with white text

Property	Current Value
Color - Primary text and icon	#151515
Color - Primary surface	#FFFFFF
Border width - Primary	4px 0.25rem
Color - Default text and icon	#FFFFFF

Configuration

All calls to action with a container have the same border radius, but the height and width vary based on the presence of icons and the amount of content. Calls to action in a row are horizontally centered.

Image of all variants with various specs like border radius, height, width, alignment, and more

Space

Space values are the same on all breakpoints for calls to action. To see space values when calls to action are grouped, go to the Guidelines page.

Image of Primary, Secondary, two Brick variants, and two Default variants with spacing values in between


Example	Token	Description
`8`	--rh-space-md	8px spacer
`16`	--rh-space-lg	16px spacer
`24`	--rh-space-xl	24px spacer

Interaction states

Interaction states are visual representations used to communicate the status of an element or pattern.

Hover

Image of dark theme white variant hover states

Property	Light theme	Dark theme
Color - Primary surface	#BE0000	#BE0000
Color - Primary (white) surface	N/A	#E0E0E0
Color - Secondary text	#FFFFFF	#151515
Color - Secondary surface	#151515	#FFFFFF
Color - Brick text	#004080	#73BCF7
Color - Secondary text and border	151515	#FFFFFF
Text decoration - Brick text	Underline	Underline
Color - Brick surface	#F2F2F2	#292929
Color - Default text	#004080	#73BCF7
Color - Default (white) text	N/A	#C7C7C7