Reminder: Web Accessibility Compliance Law in effect

The new Colorado accessibility law, HB21-1110, affects university websites and went into effect July 1, 2024. This means that university website owners/content managers must ensure your website content meets the minimum web accessibility standards.

Learn how to meet accessibility standards

Styles & Specifications

This page lists various CSS and other specs to be used by vendors when citing our Sitefinity content management system. For further information, please email: websitehelp@ucdenver.edu.

Heading One

box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
font-family: "Roboto", "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 34px;
font-weight: 900;
line-height: 37.4px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-top: 20px;

Heading Two

box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
font-family: "Roboto", "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 26px;
font-weight: 900;
line-height: 28.6px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-top: 20px;

Heading Three

box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
font-family: "Roboto", "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 22px;
font-weight: 900;
line-height: 24.2px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-top: 20px;

Heading Four

box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
font-family: "Roboto", "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: 900;
line-height: 19.8px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-top: 10px;

Heading Five

box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
font-family: "Roboto", "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: 900;
line-height: 17.6px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-top: 10px;

Heading Six

box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
font-family: "Roboto", "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: 900;
line-height: 17.6px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-top: 10px;

Heading One Regular

box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
font-family: "Roboto", "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 34px;
font-weight: 400;
line-height: 37.4px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-top: 20px;

Heading Two Regular

box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
font-family: "Roboto", "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 26px;
font-weight: 400;
line-height: 28.6px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-top: 20px;

Heading Three Regular

box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
font-family: "Roboto", "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 22px;
font-weight: 400;
line-height: 24.2px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-top: 20px;

Heading One Thin

box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
font-family: "Roboto", "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 34px;
font-weight: 300;
line-height: 37.4px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-top: 0px;

Heading Two Thin

box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
font-family: "Roboto", "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 26px;
font-weight: 300;
line-height: 28.6px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-top: 0px;

Heading Three Thin

box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
font-family: "Roboto", "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 22px;
font-weight: 300;
line-height: 24.2px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-top: 0px;

Body text. Let your imagination just wonder around when you're doing these things. Everybody needs a friend. This is truly an almighty mountain.

box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: 400;
line-height: 21px;
margin-bottom: 16px;
margin-top: 0px;

Body text link style

box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(14, 72, 173);
cursor: pointer;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: 400;
line-height: 23.8px;
text-align: left;
text-decoration-color: rgb(14, 72, 173);
text-decoration-line: underline;
text-decoration-style: solid;

Body text visited link style

box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(102,17,204);
cursor: pointer;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: 400;
line-height: 23.8px;
text-align: left;
text-decoration-color: rgb(102,17,204);
text-decoration-line: underline;
text-decoration-style: solid;

CU Branded Utility Classes


Borders

ClassRGBA valueVisual
CU_white(255, 255, 255, 1) 
CU_black(0, 0, 0, 1) 
CU_grayLight(221, 221, 221, 1) 
CU_gray
(153, 153, 153, 1) 
CU_grayDark(89, 89, 85, 1) 
CU_goldLight(225, 214, 187, 1) 
CU_gold
(207, 184, 124, 1) 
CU_goldDark(165, 150, 105, 1) 


Border Width

ClassValueResult
border-1border-width: 1px;All borders, 1px width
border-2border-width: 2px;All borders, 2px width
border-3border-width: 3px;All borders, 3px width
border-4border-width: 4px;All borders, 4px width
border-5border-width: 5px;All borders, 5px width

* You can also specify individual borders and their width, up to 5px. For example, using 'border-right-3' would produce a 3px width border on the right side only. It can be combined with other individual border widths to create some interesting results
.

Backgrounds

ClassRGBA valueVisual
bg-CU_transparent(0, 0, 0, 0) 
bg-CU_white(255, 255, 255, 1) 
bg-CU_whiteTransparent(255, 255, 255, .7) 
bg-CU_black(0, 0, 0, 1) 
bg-CU_blackTransparent(0, 0, 0, .7) 
bg-CU_grayLight(221, 221, 221, 1)
 
bg-CU_gray(153, 153, 153, 1) 
bg-CU_grayDark(89, 89, 85, 1) 
bg-CU_goldLight*(225, 214, 187, 1) 
bg-CU_gold*(207, 184, 124, 1) 
bg-CU_goldDark*(165, 150, 105, 1) 
* CU_black text must be used on all gold backgrounds to maintain the minimum 7:1 contrast ratio for accessibility.

Text Color

ClassRGBA valueVisual
text-CU_white(255, 255, 255, 1)Sample
text-CU_black(0, 0, 0, 1)Sample
text-CU_gold(207, 184, 124, 1)Sample

 

Approved Color Combinations

Text ClassBackground ClassVisual
text-CU_blackbg-CU_whiteSample
text-CU_blackbg-CU_whiteTransparentSample
text-CU_whitebg-CU_blackSample
text-CU_whitebg-CU_blackTransparentSample
text-CU_goldbg-CU_blackSample
text-CU_blackbg-CU_grayLightSample
text-CU_blackbg-CU_graySample
text-CU_whitebg-CU_grayDarkSample
text-CU_blackbg-CU_goldLightSample
text-CU_blackbg-CU_goldSample
text-CU_blackbg-CU_goldDarkSample
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