Ionic 2 - ion-tab tabBadge custom color?

Solved it. examples on how to use badges are found here: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic/issues/5007

I just needed to add tabBadgeStyle="color"

Full code: <ion-tab [root]="tab3Root" tabIcon="ios-chatbubbles-outline" tabBadgeStyle="danger" tabBadge="3"></ion-tab>