diff --git a/app/components/check_answers_summary_list_card_component.rb b/app/components/check_answers_summary_list_card_component.rb
index 29afc8c82..493f190c3 100644
--- a/app/components/check_answers_summary_list_card_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/check_answers_summary_list_card_component.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ private
 
   def unanswered_value(question)
     if log.creation_method_bulk_upload? && log.bulk_upload.present? && !log.optional_fields.include?(question.id)
-      govuk_link_to question.check_answer_prompt, correct_validation_action_href(question, log, nil, @correcting_hard_validation), class: "govuk-link govuk-link--no-visited-state app-!-colour-red"
+      govuk_link_to question.check_answer_prompt, correct_validation_action_href(question, log, nil, @correcting_hard_validation), class: "app-red-link app-red-link---no-visited-state"
     else
       govuk_link_to question.check_answer_prompt, correct_validation_action_href(question, log, nil, @correcting_hard_validation), class: "govuk-link govuk-link--no-visited-state"
     end
diff --git a/app/frontend/styles/_red-link.scss b/app/frontend/styles/_red-link.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b57d4ed51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/frontend/styles/_red-link.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.app-red-link {
+  @include govuk-typography-common;
+  @include govuk-link-decoration;
+  @include govuk-link-style-text;
+}
+
+.app-red-link:link, .app-red-link---no-visited-state:visited {
+  color: govuk-colour("red");
+}
+
+.app-red-link:hover {
+  color: govuk-shade(govuk-colour("red"), 20);
+}
diff --git a/app/frontend/styles/application.scss b/app/frontend/styles/application.scss
index 3e75107bd..77430885f 100644
--- a/app/frontend/styles/application.scss
+++ b/app/frontend/styles/application.scss
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ $govuk-breakpoints: (
 @import "search";
 @import "sub-navigation";
 @import "unread-notification";
+@import "red-link";
 
 // App utilities
 .app-\!-colour-muted {
diff --git a/app/helpers/check_answers_helper.rb b/app/helpers/check_answers_helper.rb
index 389107e1c..defc86222 100644
--- a/app/helpers/check_answers_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/check_answers_helper.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ private
 
   def unanswered_value(log:, question:)
     if log.creation_method_bulk_upload? && log.bulk_upload.present? && !log.optional_fields.include?(question.id)
-      govuk_link_to question.check_answer_prompt, unanswered_action_href(question, log), class: "govuk-link govuk-link--no-visited-state app-!-colour-red"
+      govuk_link_to question.check_answer_prompt, unanswered_action_href(question, log), class: "app-red-link app-red-link---no-visited-state"
     else
       govuk_link_to question.check_answer_prompt, unanswered_action_href(question, log), class: "govuk-link govuk-link--no-visited-state"
     end