How to change bootstrap navigation menu colors? - html

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 have no clue on the color because I only want to change the grey to white and change the hover color as well. I can change the color to white but then the hover color would be ignored. Is there an intended way to do this?
Here is how I changed the navigation background color.
.navbar-inverse {
background-color:#66ccff;
background-image: none;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
incase it helps :D

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;
}
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<nav class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-custom">
<div class="container-fluid">
<!-- Brand and toggle get grouped for better mobile display -->
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button> <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Brand</a>
</div>
<!-- Collect the nav links, forms, and other content for toggling -->
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="active">Link <span class="sr-only">(current)</span>
</li>
<li>Link
</li>
<li class="dropdown"> Dropdown <span class="caret"></span>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li>Action
</li>
<li>Another action
</li>
<li>Something else here
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- /.navbar-collapse -->
</div>
<!-- /.container-fluid -->
</nav>

Answer 2

.navbar .nav > li > a
that is the target you are seeking!

Answer 3

to customize use the below selectors...
(note, you won't need !important if your customizations are loaded after the bootstrap css, ie your <link href="..my-customizations.css" /> loaded after <link href="...cdn...bootstrap.min.css" />)
/* links */
.navbar-inverse .navbar-nav>li>a {
color: red!important;
}
/* active, focus or hover links */
.navbar-inverse .navbar-nav>.active>a,
.navbar-inverse .navbar-nav>.active>a:focus,
.navbar-inverse .navbar-nav>.active>a:hover {
color: red!important;
}
jsfiddle example