Content switcher
The following page documents visual specifications such as color, typography, structure, and size.
Color
Content switchers have two main enabled states: unselected and selected.
High contrast color
Type | Element | Property | Color token |
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Unselected | Container | background-color | transparent |
Text | text-color |
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Icon | svg |
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Border | border |
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Divider | border |
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Selected | Container | background-color |
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Text | text-color |
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Icon | svg |
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* Denotes a contextual color token that will change values based on the layer it is placed on.


High contrast interactive state color
Type | State | Element | Property | Color token |
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Unselected | Hover | Container | background-color |
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Label text | text-color |
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Icon | svg |
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Border | border |
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Focus | Container | background-color | transparent | |
Label text | text-color |
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Icon | svg |
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Border | border |
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Disabled | Container | background-color | transparent | |
Label text | text-color |
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Icon | text-color |
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Border | border |
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Divider | border |
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Selected | Focus | Container | background-color |
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Label text | text-color |
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Icon | svg |
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Border | inner-border |
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Disabled | Container | background-color |
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Label text | text-color |
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Icon | text-color |
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* Denotes a contextual color token that will change values based on the layer it is placed on.


Low contrast color
Type | Element | Property | Color token |
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Unselected | Container | background-color |
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Text | text-color |
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Icon | svg |
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Border | border |
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Divider | border |
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Selected | Container | background-color |
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Text | text-color |
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Icon | svg |
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* Denotes a contextual color token that will change values based on the layer it is placed on.


Low contrast interactive state color
Type | State | Element | Property | Color token |
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Unselected | Hover | Container | background-color |
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Text | text-color |
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Icon | svg |
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Focus | Border | border |
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Disabled | Container | background-color |
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Text | text-color |
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Icon | text-color |
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Border | border |
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Divider | border |
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Selected | Focus | Container | border |
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Disabled | Container | background-color |
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Text | text-color |
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Icon | svg |
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Border | border |
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Typography
Content switcher label text should be set in sentence case, with only the first word in a phrase and any proper nouns capitalized. The label text should not exceed three words.
High contrast typography
Element | Font size (px/rem) | Font weight | Type token |
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Text: unselected | 14 / 0.875 | Regular / 400 |
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Text: selected | 14 / 0.875 | Regular / 400 |
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Low contrast typography
Element | Font size (px/rem) | Font weight | Type token |
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Text: unselected | 14 / 0.875 | Regular / 400 |
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Text: selected | 14 / 0.875 | SemiBold / 600 |
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Structure
Content switchers must have at least two options for the user to choose from. Each container that makes up the content switcher is equal in size.
Element | Property | px / rem | Spacing token |
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Container | corner radius | 4px | – |
Label text | padding-left, padding-right | 16 / 1 |
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Icon (sm) | padding-left, padding-right | 8 / 0.5 |
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Icon (md) | padding-left, padding-right | 12 / 0.75 |
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Icon (lg) | padding-left, padding-right | 14 / 0.875 | – |
Divider | border | 1px | – |
Default structure
The width of a text container is determined by the length of the longest label text within its content switcher.

Structure and spacing measurements for the text content switcher | px / rem
Icon structure
The width of an icon container is determined by the fixed size within its content switcher.

Structure and spacing measurements for the icon content switcher | px / rem
Size
There are three content switcher sizes—small (32px), medium (40px), and large (48px).
Element | Size | Height (px / rem) |
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Container | Small (sm) | 32 / 2 |
Medium (md) | 40 / 2.5 | |
Large (lg) | 48 / 3 | |
Icon | Small (sm) | 16 / 1 |
Medium (md) | 16 / 1 | |
Large (lg) | 20 / 1.25 |

Default content switcher sizes | px / rem

Icon content switcher sizes | px / rem
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