How to change bootstrap navigation menu colors?

Question

I want to change the color of the \"Home\" \"Spin\" \"Social Media\" but no clue how. I spent a few days on figuring out how to change the navigation background but

Answer 1

This is a relatively comprehensive breakdown of the navigation components and often changed properties. I would suggest using a custom class in your main navbar div (navbar-custom is used for this example) to avoid changing the base CSS directly.

/***Navbar Background Color, Border Removed ,Border Radius Sqaure***/

.navbar.navbar-custom {
  background: #66ccff;
  border: none;
  border-radius: 0;
}
/***Link Color***/

.navbar.navbar-custom .navbar-nav > li > a {
  color: #f00;
}
/***Link Color Hover Statr***/

.navbar.navbar-custom .navbar-nav > li > a:hover {
  color: #ff0;
}
/***Link Background and Color Active State***/

.navbar.navbar-custom .navbar-nav > .active,
.navbar.navbar-custom .navbar-nav > .active > a,
.navbar.navbar-custom .navbar-nav > .active > a:hover,
.navbar.navbar-custom .navbar-nav > .active > a:focus {
  background: #DBF022;
  color: #66ccff;
}
/***Navbar Brand Link Color***/

.navbar.navbar-custom .navbar-brand {
  color: #f00;
}
/***Navbar Brand Link Color Hover State***/

.navbar.navbar-custom .navbar-brand:hover {
  color: #ff0;
}
/***Dropdown Background Active State***/

.navbar.navbar-custom .nav li.dropdown.open > .dropdown-toggle,
.navbar.navbar-custom .nav li.dropdown.active > .dropdown-toggle,
.navbar.navbar-custom .nav li.dropdown.open.active > .dropdown-toggle {
  background: #DBF022;
  color: #f00;
}
/***Dropdown-menu Background Color***/

.navbar.navbar-custom .dropdown-menu {
  background: #66ccff;
  border: none;
}
/***Dropdown-menu Color***/

.navbar.navbar-custom .dropdown-menu > li > a {
  color: #f00;
}
/***Dropdown-menu Color Hover and Focus State***/

.navbar.navbar-custom .dropdown-menu > li > a:hover,
.navbar.navbar-custom .dropdown-menu > li > a:focus {
  color: #ff0;
  background: #f00;
}
/***Toggle Button***/

.navbar.navbar-custom .navbar-header .navbar-toggle {
  border-color: #f00;
}
/***Toggle Button Hover and Focus State***/

.navbar.navbar-custom .navbar-header .navbar-toggle:hover,
.navbar.navbar-custom .navbar-header .navbar-toggle:focus {
  background: #f00;
  border: #f00;
}
/***Collapse Borders***/

.navbar.navbar-custom .navbar-collapse {
  border: none;
}
@media (max-width: 767px) {
  .navbar.navbar-custom li.dropdown .dropdown-menu > li > a {
    color: #f00;
  }
  /***Dropdown-menu Color Hover and Focus State***/
  .navbar.navbar-custom li.dropdown .dropdown-menu > li > a:hover,
  .navbar.navbar-custom li.dropdown .dropdown-menu > li > a:focus {
    color: #ff0;
    background: #f00;
  }
}

  

    
    

       Toggle navigation
        
        
        

       Brand

    
    
    

      

        
Link (current)

        
        
Link

        
        
 Dropdown 

          

            
Action

            
            
Another action

            
            
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