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title: Badges
description: Badges are small count and labeling components, which are used to add extra information to an interface element. You can use them to draw users' attention to a new element, notify about unread messages or provide any kind of additional info.
bootstrapLink: components/badge/
---
## Default markup
The default badges are square and come in the basic set of colors.
```html code example vertical centered separated scrollable height="15rem"
BlueAzureIndigoPurplePinkRedOrangeYellowLimeGreenTealCyan
```
## Headings
```html code example height="240px"
Example heading New
Example heading New
Example heading New
Example heading New
Example heading New
Example heading New
```
## Outline badges
```html code example vertical centered separated scrollable height="15rem"
blueazureindigopurplepinkredorangeyellowlimegreentealcyan
```
## Pill badges
Use the `.badge-pill` class if you want to create a badge with rounded corners. Its width will adjust to the label text.
```html code example centered separated height="7rem"
123456789101112
```
## Soft color badges
You can create a soft colour variant of a corresponding contextual badge variation, to make it look more subtle. Click [here](colors) to see the list of available colors and choose ones that best suit your design.
```html code example vertical centered separated scrollable height="15rem"
BlueAzureIndigoPurplePinkRedOrangeYellowLimeGreenTealCyan
```
## Links
Place the badge within an `` element if you want it to perform the function of a link and make it clickable.
```html code example vertical centered separated scrollable height="15rem"
BlueAzureIndigoPurplePinkRedOrangeYellowLimeGreenTealCyan
```
## Button with badge
Badges can be used as part of links or buttons to provide a counter.
```html example centered separated height="7rem"
```
```html
```