Bootstrap has some contextual classes that is used to provide meaning through colors.

8 Contextual Classes

1. primary
2. secondary
3. success
4. danger
5. warning
6. info
7. light
8. dark

Text Colors

The classes for text colors are:

1. .text-muted
2. .text-primary
3. .text-secondary
4. .text-success
5. .text-info
6. .text-warning
7. .text-danger
8. .text-light
9. .text-dark

Contextual text classes can also work on anchors (links).

Background Colors

Similar to the contextual text color classes, you can easily set the background also. Anchor components darken on hover, just like the text classes. The classes for background colors are:

1. .bg-primary
2. .bg-secondary
3. .bg-success
4. .bg-info
5. .bg-warning
6. .bg-danger
7. .bg-light
8. .bg-dark
9. .bg-white

Colors in Tables

Contextual classes can be used to color table rows (<tr> or <th>) or individual table cells (<td>).

1. .active
2. .primary
3. .secondary
4. .success
5. .info
6. .warning 
7. .danger
8. .light
9. .dark

Buttons

You can add button classes on <a>, <button>, or <input> elements. You need to add class .btn to make a link or element look like a button.

1. .btn-default
2. .btn-primary
3. .btn-secondary
4. .btn-success
5. .btn-info
6. .btn-warning
7. .btn-danger
8. .btn-light
9. .btn-dark
10. .btn-link

Outline Buttons

You can remove all background images and colors on any button by replacing the default modifier classes with the .btn-outline-*.

Sizes

You can add .btn-lg or .btn-sm for additional sizes. You can create block level buttons by adding .btn-block class.

Disabled Buttons

You can make buttons look inactive by adding the disabled boolean attribute to any <button> element.