Labels

Labels are generally used to provide emphasis on a characteristic of an object, e.g., the category of a document. They are generally actionless.

Avoid mixing standard and subtle labels.

Standard

Use standard labels by default unless there are going to be many on the screen at once.

DEFAULT PRIMARY SUCCESS INFO WARNING DANGER 
<span class="label label-default">DEFAULT</span>
<span class="label label-primary">PRIMARY</span>
<span class="label label-success">SUCCESS</span>
<span class="label label-info">INFO</span>
<span class="label label-warning">WARNING</span>
<span class="label label-danger">DANGER</span>

Subtle

Use subtle labels when labels are going to be repeated in a grid or list

DEFAULT PRIMARY SUCCESS INFO WARNING DANGER 
<span class="label label-default subtle">DEFAULT</span>
<span class="label label-primary subtle">PRIMARY</span>
<span class="label label-success subtle">SUCCESS</span>
<span class="label label-info subtle">INFO</span>
<span class="label label-warning subtle">WARNING</span>
<span class="label label-danger subtle">DANGER</span>

Badges

Badges are generally used for emphasizing a numerical characteristic of an object, e.g., the number of unread items in a folder.

5 200 0 
<span class="badge">5</span>
  • Inbox 1,932
  • Outbox 2
  • Spam 
<ul class="list-group" style="max-width: 150px;">
    <li class="list-group-item">
        Inbox <span class="badge pull-right">1,932</span>
    </li>
    <li class="list-group-item active">
        Outbox <span class="badge pull-right">2</span>
    </li>
    <li class="list-group-item">
        Spam
    </li>
</ul>