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Shadcn Badge: Create Stylish and Functional Badges for Your UI
Shadcn Badge components provide a stylized count, status label, or tag. Small enough to fit in text, but distinct enough to capture attention.
Built with Tailwind CSS, they are lightweight and come in multiple styles (solid, outline, destructive, secondary) to represent different information types.
Used everywhere from cart counts on buttons to active status indicators on user profiles.
What is a Shadcn Badge?
A badge is a non-interactive element used to label or highlight status. It composes with native HTML elements using Tailwind utility classes for colors, borders, and rounded corners.
They are often used for numeric counts, status indicators (success, danger, warning), and categorical tags.
Why Use Shadcn Badge?
Uniform UI leads to better user experiences. Badges unify how information status is displayed, whether it's an unread message count or a project status tag.
Accessibility and contrast are key. These badges are designed with accessibility in mind, ensuring text remains readable against various background colors.
Key Features of Shadcn Badge
- Multiple Styles. Solid, outline, ghost, and rounded (pill-shaped) variants.
- Semantic Colors. Pre-styled with primary, secondary, success, and destructive themes.
- Flexible Layout. Compact design that fits perfectly within lists, cards, and headers.
- Easy Integration. Ready to use as a standalone component or with other UI elements.
- Tailwind-First. Simple to customize size, padding, and colors.
Works Well With Other Components
Place Shadcn Badge inside Shadcn Avatar or Shadcn Card headers to show status or categories. Use with Shadcn Button for icon-based notifications.
Add badges to Shadcn Tabs to indicate counts on each tab, or use within Shadcn Alert context for concise labeling.