Status Indicator

A small 8px coloured dot that conveys a state at a glance — presence, list-item status, or a compact marker beside a label.

Install

Examples

Status

Eight colour variants map to semantic states.

Beside a label

The common case — the dot supplements adjacent text, so it stays decorative.

Online Away Offline

Standalone with label

When the dot stands alone, label exposes it as an img with an accessible name.

Guidelines

Usage

presence dots, list-item status, and compact state markers next to text. For an icon with a glyph, use a Status Icon.

Do

  • Place the dot directly before the label it describes.
  • Map status to a consistent meaning across the product.
  • Set label whenever the dot appears without text.

Don’t

  • Don’t use the dot as the only signal of state — colour alone isn’t accessible.
  • Don’t reuse the same colour for conflicting meanings.
  • Don’t use it where a labelled Badge or Status Icon would be clearer.

Accessibility

Properties

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