How to customize list-group-item colors in bootstrap?

Question

Using bootstrap 3, I have customized a list group like this:

<div class="list-group">
  <a class="list-group-item list-group-item-mine"href="/path"><strong>Item 1</strong></a>
  <a class="list-group-item list-group-item-mine"href="/path"><strong>Item 2</strong></a>   
  <a class="list-group-item list-group-item-mine"href="/path"><strong>Item 3</strong></a>                   
</div> 

CSS

.list-group-item-mine {
  background-color: #f1f9fb;
  border-top: 1px solid #0091b5;
  border-left-color: #fff;
  border-right-color: #fff;
}

.list-group-item-mine a:hover {
  background-color: red;

}

The problem is that when hovered on, the list-group items are still turn gray as per default, while I need them to become red. How can I fix this?

Answer 1

Use your custom class in parent .list-group-mine rather than on child...it will give you better control to style the inner elements

Stack Snippet

.list-group-mine .list-group-item {
  background-color: #f1f9fb;
  border-top: 1px solid #0091b5;
  border-left-color: #fff;
  border-right-color: #fff;
}

.list-group-mine .list-group-item:hover {
  background-color: red;
}

<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-BVYiiSIFeK1dGmJRAkycuHAHRg32OmUcww7on3RYdg4Va+PmSTsz/K68vbdEjh4u" crossorigin="anonymous">
<div class="list-group list-group-mine">
  <a class="list-group-item" href="/path"><strong>Item 1</strong></a>
  <a class="list-group-item" href="/path"><strong>Item 2</strong></a>
  <a class="list-group-item" href="/path"><strong>Item 3</strong></a>
</div>