Semantics
One or more emphasized characters.
Additional info from the ARIA specification
See related strong.
The purpose of the emphasis role is to stress or emphasize content. It is not for communicating changes in typographical presentation that do not impact the meaning of the content. Authors SHOULD use the emphasis role only if its absence would change the meaning of the content.
The emphasis role is not intended to convey importance; for that purpose, the strong role is more appropriate.
Abstract Role
StructureRepresents a non-interactive part of a page that organizes content into coherent units.
Content Categories
Phrasing ContentAn element that typically appears inline and provides semantic meaning to text content.
Allowed Descendants
Phrasing Children Allowed
Usage
Allowed HTML elements
Implicit semantics
These elements have the role semantics by default, without needing to set the role attribute. Reach for elements with native semantics first when choosing how to implement a role in your content.
em
Explicitly allowed
- None
Elements that can have any role
abbr[role=emphasis]address[role=emphasis]b[role=emphasis]blockquote[role=emphasis]canvas[role=emphasis]cite[role=emphasis]code[role=emphasis]custom-element[role=emphasis]data[role=emphasis]del[role=emphasis]dfn[role=emphasis]div[role=emphasis]figure[role=emphasis]i[role=emphasis]ins[role=emphasis]kbd[role=emphasis]mark[role=emphasis]output[role=emphasis]p[role=emphasis]pre[role=emphasis]q[role=emphasis]samp[role=emphasis]small[role=emphasis]span[role=emphasis]table[role=emphasis]tbody[role=emphasis]tfoot[role=emphasis]thead[role=emphasis]time[role=emphasis]u[role=emphasis]var[role=emphasis]