The :link pseudo-class is used to add special effect to an unvisited link.
While defining pseudo-classes in a <style>...</style> block, following points should be taken care −
a:hover MUST come after a:link and a:visited in the CSS definition in order to be effective.
a:active MUST come after a:hover in the CSS definition in order to be effective.
Pseudo-class names are not case-sensitive.
Pseudo-class are different from CSS classes but they can be combined.
color − Any valid color value.
Anchor / Link element.
Following is the example which demonstrates how to use :link class to set the link color.
<html> <head> <style type = "text/css"> a:link {color:#000000} </style> </head> <body> <a href = "/html/index.htm">Black Link</a> </body> </html>
This will produce following black link −