Text

Text styles a string.

Usage

This component is used to style text using Primer's typographic styles as defined in our design token library, Primer Primitives.

Options

Color

Text can be colored using any of the functional color tokens. Only foreground colors should be used.

Other typographic styles

See Primer Primitives typography for more details about Primer's typography system.

Accessibility and usability expectations

The component provides no semantic information. It's only function is to provide access to color tokens for styling text content.

It is up to the designer / implemented to select the appropriate color token for the text content to ensure that it has sufficient contrast against the background color.

Built-in accessibility features

None.

Implementation requirements

When using the component, ensure that the color token used for the text content has sufficient contrast against the background color.

How to test the component

Integration tests

None

Component tests

  • The text output has sufficient contrast against the background color.

Known accessibility issues (GitHub staff only)

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