Design Tokens

Status levels

requested

Not available, yet. More information related to the experiment might be available in a feature request ticket.

experimental

Used in experiments to see how they pan out. More information related to the experiment might be available in a feature request ticket.

proposed

Contributed experiments show this token works well. The concept is tested, the name might need more research. Renaming can be done in patch releases.

unstable

Used in alpha and beta releases before 1.0.0. At this stage, the name less likely to change. Renaming is a minor change.

stable

Available in a stable >=1.0.0 release.

deprecated

Recommended to stop using, or replace with alternative token for applications that are still maintained. Renaming is a major change. In case of a deprecation in a stable release, the token is likely to become unavailable in the next major release. In case of deprecation in an unstable release, removal can be expected in any upcoming minor release.

removed

This token was available previously, but not anymore in recent releases.

rejected

This token was experimentally available previously, but not in any stable releases.

Overview

component name status summary
Common Color nih-color-feedback-danger proposed Traffic light red
Common Color nih-color-feedback-warning proposed Traffic light amber
Common Color nih-color-feedback-safe proposed Traffic light green
Common Color nih-color-feedback-info experimental Expectation is this color is implemented as info sign blue
Common Color nih-color-feedback-neutral experimental Alternative to nih-color-feedback-info, not necessarily blue
Common Color nih-document-background-color experimental Document root background color
Common Color nih-document-color experimental Document root text color
Common Color nih-application-background-color experimental Application root background color
Common Color nih-application-color experimental Application root text color
Common Color nih-border-color-subtle experimental Low contrast border color
Common Color nih-background-color-subtle experimental Low contrast background color
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-1 experimental Dataviz color #1. Contrasting color for data visualizations (charts, tags, etc.)
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-2 experimental Dataviz color #2
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-3 experimental Dataviz color #3
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-4 experimental Dataviz color #4
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-5 experimental Dataviz color #5
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-6 experimental Dataviz color #6
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-7 experimental Dataviz color #7
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-8 experimental Dataviz color #8
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-9 experimental Dataviz color #9
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-10 experimental Dataviz color #10
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-11 experimental Dataviz color #11
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-12 experimental Dataviz color #12
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-13 experimental Dataviz color #13
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-14 experimental Dataviz color #14
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-15 experimental Dataviz color #15
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-16 experimental Dataviz color #16
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-17 experimental Dataviz color #17
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-18 experimental Dataviz color #18
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-19 experimental Dataviz color #19
Dataviz Color nih-color-dataviz-20 experimental Dataviz color #20
Link nih-link-color proposed Default link color
Link nih-link-color-visited proposed Visited state of link
Link nih-link-color-active proposed Active state of link
Common Typography nih-text-max-width experimental Maximum line length for improved readability
Common Typography nih-font-family-sans-serif experimental Default built-in font for sans-serif styling
Common Typography nih-font-family-sans-serif-webfont experimental Default web font for sans-serif styling
Common Typography nih-font-family-serif experimental Default built-in font for serif styling
Common Typography nih-font-family-serif-webfont experimental Default web font for serif styling
Common Typography nih-font-family-monospace experimental Default built-in font for monospace styling
Common Typography nih-font-family-monospace-webfont experimental Default web font for monospace styling
Code (abstract) nih-code-font-family experimental Font family for code snippets
nih-main-font-size experimental Default font size (should we call it main or default?)
nih-main-line-height experimental Default line height. Perhaps read-only when using baseline grid
Heading (abstract) nih-heading-color proposed Text color of all heading levels, unless specified at heading level
Heading (abstract) nih-heading-font-weight proposed Heading font weight
Heading (abstract) nih-heading-font-family proposed Heading font family
Heading 1 nih-heading-1-color proposed Heading 1 text color, subset of nih-heading-color
Heading 2 nih-heading-2-color proposed Heading 2 text color, subset of nih-heading-color
Heading 3 nih-heading-3-color proposed Heading 3 text color, subset of nih-heading-color
Heading 4 nih-heading-4-color proposed Heading 4 text color, subset of nih-heading-color
Heading 5 nih-heading-5-color proposed Heading 5 text color, subset of nih-heading-color
Heading 6 nih-heading-6-color proposed Heading 6 text color, subset of nih-heading-color
Heading 1 nih-heading-1-line-height experimental Heading 1 line height: perhaps read-only when using baseline grid
Heading 2 nih-heading-2-line-height experimental Heading 2 line height: perhaps read-only when using baseline grid
Heading 3 nih-heading-3-line-height experimental Heading 3 line height: perhaps read-only when using baseline grid
Heading 4 nih-heading-4-line-height experimental Heading 4 line height: perhaps read-only when using baseline grid
Heading 5 nih-heading-5-line-height experimental Heading 5 line height: perhaps read-only when using baseline grid
Heading 6 nih-heading-6-line-height experimental Heading 6 line height: perhaps read-only when using baseline grid
Heading 1 nih-heading-1-font-size proposed Heading 1 font size
Heading 2 nih-heading-2-font-size proposed Heading 2 font size
Heading 3 nih-heading-3-font-size proposed Heading 3 font size
Heading 4 nih-heading-4-font-size proposed Heading 4 font size
Heading 5 nih-heading-5-font-size proposed Heading 5 font size
Heading 6 nih-heading-6-font-size proposed Heading 6 font size
Heading 1 nih-heading-1-font-weight proposed Heading 1 font-weight. Subset of nih-heading-font-weight.
Heading 2 nih-heading-2-font-weight proposed Heading 2 font-weight. Subset of nih-heading-font-weight.
Heading 3 nih-heading-3-font-weight proposed Heading 3 font-weight. Subset of nih-heading-font-weight.
Heading 4 nih-heading-4-font-weight proposed Heading 4 font-weight. Subset of nih-heading-font-weight.
Heading 5 nih-heading-5-font-weight proposed Heading 5 font-weight. Subset of nih-heading-font-weight.
Heading 6 nih-heading-6-font-weight proposed Heading 6 font-weight. Subset of nih-heading-font-weight.
Intro Paragraph nih-intro-paragraph-font-weight proposed Intro paragraph font weight
Intro Paragraph nih-intro-paragraph-font-size proposed Intro paragraph font size
Intro Paragraph nih-intro-paragraph-line-height experimental Intro paragraph line height
Table Heading nih-table-heading-text-transform experimental Table heading (thead) text transformation
Table Heading nih-table-heading-font-weight experimental Table heading (thead) font size
Table Header nih-table-header-font-weight experimental Table header (th) font size
Action (abstract) nih-color-action-primary experimental Primary action color
Action (abstract) nih-color-action-primary-hover experimental Primary action color - hover state
Action (abstract) nih-color-action-primary-active experimental Primary action color - active state
Action (abstract) nih-color-action-primary-disabled experimental Primary action color - disabled state
Action (abstract) nih-color-action-secondary experimental Secondary action color
Action (abstract) nih-color-action-secondary-hover experimental Secondary action color - hover state
Action (abstract) nih-color-action-secondary-active experimental Secondary action color - active state
Action (abstract) nih-color-action-secondary-disabled experimental Secondary action color - disabled state