Breadcrumb
The following page documents visual specifications such as color, typography, structure, and size.
Color
Element | Property | Color token |
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Text: enabled | text-color |
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Text: current | text-color |
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Slash | text-color |
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Overflow: icon | svg |
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Breadcrumb color and overflow color
Breadcrumb interactive state color
State | Element | Property | Color token |
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Hover | Text | text-color |
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Focus | Text | text-color |
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Border | border |
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Active | Text | text-color |
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Border | border |
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Current | Text | text-color |
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Breadcrumb interactive state color
Breadcrumb overflow interactive state color
A group of breadcrumbs with overflow content uses the overflow menu component to disclose additional breadcrumbs in a menu view. A tooltip component appears in the hover, focus, and active states. Use the menu and tooltip colors for these instances.
State | Element | Property | Color token |
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Hover | Icon | svg |
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Focus | Icon | svg |
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Border | border |
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Active | Icon | svg |
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Border | border |
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Breadcrumb overflow interactive state color
Typography
There are two sizes of breadcrumbs: small and medium. Each breadcrumb size uses a different type token. Breadcrumbs receive an underline in the hover, focus, and active states.
Element | Font-size (px/rem) | Font-weight | Type token |
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Text: small | 12 / 0.75 | Regular / 400 |
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Text: medium | 14 / 0.875 | Regular / 400 |
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Text: overflow menu | 14 / 0.875 | Regular / 400 |
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Structure
When an overflow menu is present to disclose overflow breadcrumbs, use the menu component structure.
Small breadcrumb structure
Element | Property | px/rem | Spacing token |
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Link | margin-left, margin-right | 4 / 0.25 |
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Link: overflow icon | margin-left, margin-right | 4 / 0.25 |
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Link: overflow menu | height | 40 / 2.5 |
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Structure and spacing measurements for small breadcrumb | px / rem

Structure and spacing measurements for small breadcrumb overflow | px / rem
Medium breadcrumb structure
Element | Property | px/rem | Spacing token |
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Link | margin-left, margin-right | 8 / 0.5 |
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Link: overflow icon | margin-left, margin-right | 8 / 0.5 |
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Link: overflow menu | height | 40 / 2.5 |
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Structure and spacing measurements for medium breadcrumb | px / rem

Structure and spacing measurements for medium breadcrumb overflow | px / rem
Size
Element | Size | Height (px/rem) |
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Breadcrumb | Small (sm) | 16 / 1 |
Medium (md) | 18 / 1.125 |

Size measurements for small and medium breadcrumb | px / rem
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