Select
Color
Element | Property | Color token |
---|---|---|
Field | background | $field * |
border-bottom | $border-strong * | |
Inline select | background | transparent |
Label | text color | $text-secondary |
Field text | text color | $text-primary |
Helper text | text color | $text-helper |
Icon | fill | $icon-primary |
* Denotes a contextual color token that will change values based on the layer it is placed on.


Interactive states
State | Element | Property | Color token |
---|---|---|---|
Hover | Field | background-color | $field-hover * |
Focus | Field | border | $focus |
Invalid | Field | border | $support-error |
Error message | text-color | $text-error | |
Error icon | fill | $support-error | |
Warning | Warning message | text-color | $text-primary |
Warning icon | fill | $support-warning | |
Disabled | Field | background-color | $field * |
Input text | text-color | `$text-disabled | |
Field | border-bottom | transparent | |
Field (fluid) | border-bottom | $border-subtle * | |
Label | text-color | $text-disabled | |
Chevron icon | fill | $icon-disabled |
- Denotes a contextual color token that will change values based on the layer it is placed on.


Typography
Select text should be set in sentence case, with only the first word in a phrase and any proper nouns capitalized. Select text should be three words or less.
Element | Font-size (px/rem) | Font-weight | Type token |
---|---|---|---|
Label | 12 / 0.75 | Regular / 400 | $label-01 |
Field text | 14 / 0.875 | Regular / 400 | $body-compact-01 |
Helper text | 12 / 0.75 | Regular / 400 | $helper-text |
Warning message | 12 / 0.75 | Regular / 400 | $label-01 |
Error message | 12 / 0.75 | Regular / 400 | $label-01 |
Structure
Default select
Default
Element | Property | px / rem | Spacing token |
---|---|---|---|
Label | margin-bottom | 8 / 0.5 | $spacing-03 |
Input text | padding-left | 16 / 1 | $spacing-05 |
Helper text | margin-top | 4 / 0.25 | $spacing-02 |
Field | padding-left | 16 / 1 | $spacing-05 |
padding-right | 48 / 3 | $spacing-09 | |
border-bottom | 1px | – | |
Chevron icon | padding-left, padding-right | 16 / 1 | $spacing-05 |
State icon | padding-left, padding-right | 16 / 1 | $spacing-05 |

Structure and spacing measurements for default select | px / rem
Inline
Element | Property | px / rem | Spacing token |
---|---|---|---|
Input text | padding-left | 16 / 1 | $spacing-05 |
padding-right | 8 / 0.5 | $spacing-03 | |
Chevron icon | padding-right | 16 / 1 | $spacing-05 |
padding-left | 8 / 0.5 | $spacing-03 |

Structure and spacing measurements for default inline select | px / rem
Fluid select
Default
Element | Property | px / rem | Spacing token |
---|---|---|---|
Label | margin-bottom | 4 / .25 | $spacing-02 |
Input text | padding-left | 16 / 1 | $spacing-05 |
Helper text | margin-top | 4 / .25 | $spacing-02 |
Field | padding-left | 16 / 1 | $spacing-05 |
padding-right | 48 / 3 | $spacing-09 | |
border-bottom | 1px | – | |
Chevron icon | padding-left, padding-right | 16 / 1 | $spacing-05 |
State icon | padding-left, padding-right | 16 / 1 | $spacing-05 |

Structure and spacing measurements for fluid select | px / rem
Size
Element | Size | Height (px / rem) |
---|---|---|
Input | Small (sm) | 32 / 2 |
Medium (md) | 40 / 2.5 | |
Large (lg) | 48 / 3 |

Sizes for default select | px / rem

Sizes for inline select | px / rem