Comments on: Why are hyperlinks blue? https://css-tricks.com/why-are-hyperlinks-blue/ Tips, Tricks, and Techniques on using Cascading Style Sheets. Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:40:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Okpara Okechukwu https://css-tricks.com/why-are-hyperlinks-blue/#comment-1794075 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:40:09 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=363555#comment-1794075 Just as combining “Red & Yellow” makes one think of food. Combining “blue” & “white” makes one think of doing something, in other words, it arouses curiosity!

]]> By: Aleksandr Hovhannisyan https://css-tricks.com/why-are-hyperlinks-blue/#comment-1793899 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 14:46:42 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=363555#comment-1793899 I wonder if this is also why so many tech brands have adopted some shade of blue as their primary brand color—because otherwise, blue links might not fit in well with the rest of their palette. Most people attribute this to color theory and how blue evokes feelings of comfort and trust, but I think part of it is the desire to mimic older interfaces that relied on this color.

Personally, I don’t think the color of your links matters as much as how they are distinguished from non-interactive text. Elise’s article actually touches on this point towards the end: What matters more is that your links can be distinguished clearly. Sometimes that means using a recognizable color like blue, but imo, the use of underlines or some other decoration is far more important.

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