Help : link color - Wikipedia Help : link color This help page is a how - to guide. It details processes or procedures of some aspect or aspects of Wikipedia 's norms and practices. It is not one of Wikipedia 's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Links should clearly be identifiable as links to readers. Refrain from implementing colored links that may impede user ability to distinguish links from regular text, or color links for purely aesthetic reasons. See the guides to editing articles for accessibility at contrast and navbox colors. 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The default colors ( in the Vector skin ) have the following meanings : Link style Type Color Color blue link link to a page that currently exists # 0645AD = rgb ( 6, 69,173 ) dark blue link link to a page that you have already visited # 0B0080 = rgb ( 11, 0,128 ) red link link to a page that does not currently exist within Wikipedia # CC2200 = rgb ( 204, 34, 0 ) light brown link link to a page that does not exist, but you have visited # A55858 = rgb ( 165, 88, 88 ) brown link link to a very short article within Wikipedia, but only if the user has set a preference option to format `` stub '' links in this way # 772233 = rgb ( 119, 34, 51 ) light blue link link to a page at another wiki, usually another Wikimedia project Note that the light blue color is used whether or not the page actually exists at the target wiki. For example, there is an article about George Washington Carver here on the English Wikipedia, while there is no article of the same name on the Japanese Wikipedia ; but they do have an article about the same man under a different title. The same color is used for external links, as well. # 3366BB = rgb ( 51,102,187 ) purple link link to a page at another site that has been visited # 663366 = rgb ( 102, 51,102 ) Note that the colors in the boxes may appear darker than text of the same color ; also, larger or bold text will tend to look darker. Furthermore, the actual color seen by a user will vary slightly according to their operating system, desktop settings, and browser, as well as their monitor and ( for low - end LCDs ) viewing angle. Logged - in users can also change the colors they see by selecting a different skin or using custom CSS. Contents 1 Custom link colors 1.1 Styling Individual links on a page 1.1. 1 Internal links 1.1. 2 External links 1.2 Styling all links just for you 1.2. 1 Redirect 1.2. 2 External 1.2. 3 Text decoration 1.2. 4 Font family 1.2. 5 Preferences 1.2. 6 Scripts Custom link colors Styling individual links on a page You can set the color of an individual link or set of links on page ( rather than a global change to the style of all links ) as follows. Setting styles in this way will apply to everybody, not just you. Internal links You can turn links a different color like so : Markup * ( ( example < span style = `` color : green ; '' > This page exists. < / span > ) ) * ( ( exampl < span style = `` color : green ; '' > This page does not exist. < / span > ) ) Renders as This page exists. This page does not exist. Or, if you desire existence checking you can try : Markup * ( ( example ( ( # ifexist : example < span style = `` color : green ; '' > This page exists. < / span > This page does not exist. ) ) ) ) * ( ( exampl ( ( # ifexist : exampl < span style = `` color : green ; '' > This page exists. < / span > This page does not exist. ) ) ) ) Renders as This page exists. This page does not exist. External links A similar styled span can be added within an external link : Markup * ( http://example.com < span style = `` color : green ; '' > Example external link < / span > ) Renders as Example external link Styling all links just for you You can also customize link colors by editing the CSS at your skin subpage. This is a change which will apply to all links throughout the site, but will only be visible to you The standard link selectors are : a : link -- defines the style for normal unvisited links a : visited -- defines the style for visited links a : active -- defines the style for active links ; links become active once you click on them a : hover -- defines the style for hovered links ; links hover when the mouse moves over it Colors are defined by hexadecimal characters : see web colors. / * standard link colors * /. mw - body - content a : link ( color : # 0000FF ; ) / * normal unvisited links * /. mw - body - content a : link : visited ( color : # 0B0080 ; ) / * visited links * /. mw - body - content a : link : active ( color : # FF0000 ; ) / * active links * /. mw - body - content a : link. new ( color : # FF0000 ; ) / * new links * /. mw - body - content a : link. interwiki ( color : # 3366BB ; ) / * interwiki links * /. mw - body - content a : link. external ( color : # 3366BB ; ) / * external links * /. mw - body - content a : link. stub ( color : # 772233 ; ) / * hovered links * /. mw - body - content a : link ( color : # FF0000 ). mw - body - content a : visited ( color : # 00FF00 ). mw - body - content a : hover ( color : # FF00FF ). mw - body - content a : active ( color : # 0000FF ) Notes : a : hover must come after a : link and a : visited a : active must come after a : hover you need to have ``. mw - body - content '' in front of the standard link definition, because otherwise the default definition on this website will still take precedence over what you have defined. Redirect Show redirects as green links :. mw - body - content a. mw - redirect ( color : # 308050 ). mw - body - content a. mw - redirect : visited ( color : # 3070A0 ) External Show external links as green links :. mw - body - content a. external ( color : # 008000 ). mw - body - content a. external : visited ( color : # 008000 ) Text decoration This allows formatting such as underlines. For example :. mw - body - content a : link ( color : # 000000 ; text - decoration : underline ; ) Possible values are : none underline overline line - through Font family This will change the link font :. mw - body - content a : link ( font - family : monospace ) Preferences The `` display links to disambiguation pages in orange '' feature, located in the gadgets tab of the preferences menu ( under the `` appearance '' section ), shows you all links to disambiguation pages in orange. 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Question: generally the default color for text that contains a link is
Answer: blue