When styling links, balance creativity with usability. Follow these best practices to ensure your links are both attractive and accessible.
Maintain Accessibility
Ensure links are distinguishable from regular text and provide clear visual feedback for all states
Clear Visual Indicators
Use underlines, color changes, or other visual cues to identify links
Interactive Feedback
Provide hover and focus states that respond to user interaction
Visited State Differentiation
Make visited links visually distinct to help users navigate
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Well-Styled Link Example
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Do's
- check Use consistent styling across all links
- check Ensure sufficient contrast between link and background
- check Style focus states for keyboard navigation
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Don'ts
- close Remove all visual indicators of links
- close Use similar colors for text and links
- close Ignore visited link states