Code snippet – Carbon Design System

Color

Carbon has defined a set of accessible syntax colors. View an incontext example on CodePen.

Class	Font-size (px/rem)	Font-weight	Type token
`.bx--snippet.code`	12 / 0.75	Regular / 400	`$code-01`
`.bx--snippet--inline.code`	12 / 0.75	Regular / 400	`$code-01`

Class	Property	px / rem	Spacing token
`.bx--snippet--single`	height	40 / 3	–
`.bx--snippet--single`	max-width	768 / 48	–
`.bx--snippet--single`	padding-right	48 / 3	`$spacing-09`
`.bx--snippet--single`	padding-left	16 / 1	`$spacing-05`

Structure and spacing measurements for code snippet | px / rem

Class	Property	px / rem	Spacing token
`.bx--snippet--multi`	min-height	288 / 18	–
`.bx--snippet--multi`	max-height	Varies based on content	–
`.bx--snippet--multi`	max-width	768 / 48	–
`.bx--snippet-container`	padding-top, padding-bottom	16 / 1	`$spacing-05`
`.bx--snippet-container`	padding-right	48 / 3	`$spacing-09`
`.bx--snippet-container`	padding-left	16 / 1	`$spacing-05`
`.bx--snippet__icon`	height, width	16px	–
`.bx--snippet-button`	height, width	32 / 2	–

Structure and spacing measurements for multi-line snippet | px / rem

Class	Property	px / rem	Spacing token
`.bx--snippet--inline`	height	16 / 1	–
`.bx--snippet--inline`	width	Varies based on content	–
`.bx--snippet--inline`	border-radius	2	-
`.bx--snippet--inline code`	padding-right, padding-left	8 / 0.5	$spacing-03

Structure and spacing measurements for inline code snippet | px / rem