Enumerated list with blue circles and number inside it

Question

I am creating a manual for an application and I would like to provide step by step directions of the application. For the step numbers, I would like to use big, blue circles with white numbers in it. Thus I was thinking if I can modify the bullet style, I would be able to achieve such list. I read few similar questions and it looks like it will have to use the enumitem package and the likes. Probably, there would be a new command for a big circle. I just don't know how to pull everything together.

Example:

Answer 1

Here is an adaptation of Good way to make \textcircled numbers? for your needs:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz}

\newcommand*\circled[1]{\tikz[baseline=(char.base)]{%
            \node[shape=circle,fill=blue!20,draw,inner sep=2pt] (char) {#1};}}

\usepackage{enumitem}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[label=\protect\circled{\arabic*}]
\item Step one
\item Step two
\item Step three
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

To increase the circle size, play with the inner sep parameter (the border between the number and the circle). To change the color, play with the fill parameter.

If you wish to change the text color, you can use the xcolor package:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz}

\newcommand*\circled[1]{\tikz[baseline=(char.base)]{%
            \node[shape=circle,fill=blue!20,draw,inner sep=2pt] (char) {#1};}}

\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[label=\protect\circled{\color{red}\arabic*}]
\item Step one
\item Step two
\item Step three
\end{enumerate}


\end{document}

Answer 2

Without loading tikz and default LaTeX macros:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\newcommand*\circled[1]{\kern-2.5em%
  \put(0,4){\color{blue}\circle*{18}}\put(0,4){\circle{16}}%
  \put(-3,0){\color{white}\bfseries\large#1}~~}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[label=\protect\circled{\arabic*}]
\item Step one
\item Step two
\item Step three
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

Answer 3

In order to further add to the top casted vote, if you want to not all the time set the text color you can also set the text color in the newcommand directly that way:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz}

\newcommand*\circled[1]{\tikz[baseline=(char.base)]{%
            \node[shape=circle,fill=blue!20,draw,inner sep=2pt,text=red] (char) {#1};}}

\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[label=\protect\circled{\arabic*}]
\item Step one
\item Step two
\item Step three
\end{enumerate}


\end{document}