Should a button become lighter or darker on hover?

The color of a button when you hover on it really doesn't matter if it's darker or lighter so long as there is a significant change on the button that suggests it is clickable to the user.

1. Should buttons get lighter or darker on hover?
2. What color should my button hover be?
3. How do you change the color of hover?
4. What are hover buttons?

Should buttons get lighter or darker on hover?

Darker seems more natural. If anything, a physical button would appear slightly darker when you touch it because your hand is casting a shadow. Lighter (illuminated) might signal that the button is waking up at the moment it's needed, like a fog light, refrigerator light, or moving sidewalk.

What color should my button hover be?

When you hover over an item, you want to make it stand out (or “pop”) from the rest of the clutter. To make the button stand out on a white background, use a darker color for the text. To make the button stand out against the black background, use LIGHTEN to increase the contrast.

How do you change the color of hover?

Conclusion. To change the color of a button on hover, the “:hover” pseudo-class element is used. To do so, link the button with :hover and set the color of the button, which will change when we will hover on it.

What are hover buttons?

Alternatively called a mouseover or mouse hover, hover describes the act of moving a mouse pointer over a clickable object, but not actually clicking the left or right mouse button. For example, when you hover your mouse over any of the links on this page, they should change color, indicating they can be clicked.