---
title: Customize Employee Center portal theme
description: A theme is a collection of one or more style sheets \(CSS files\) that define a consistent look for a set of pages. Customize the default portal theme to apply your own theme to suit your branding and improve the visual design of the portal pages.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/customize-theme.html
release: australia
product: Employee Experience Foundation
classification: employee-experience-foundation
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Admin configurations, Configuring Employee Center, Employee Center, Unified Employee Experience, Employee Service Management]
---

# Customize Employee Center portal theme

A theme is a collection of one or more style sheets \(CSS files\) that define a consistent look for a set of pages. Customize the default portal theme to apply your own theme to suit your branding and improve the visual design of the portal pages.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

Employee Center application ships a default **EC theme** that has the best visual design experience. The EC theme provides a consistent experience across all portal pages.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Service Portal** > **Themes**.

2.  Search for `Employee Center Coral Theme` as the default theme.

    **Note:**

    -   Use the default theme for better visual and usability experience. However, you can select other themes to suit your needs.
    -   Remove the customized portal theme before an upgrade to see any default theme that might be released with a future version of Employee Center.
3.  Customize the theme content to suit your requirement.

    1.  Navigate to **Service Portal** > **Themes**.

    2.  Select **EC Theme** to open the page.

    3.  Edit the **CSS variables** field to customize the text and the background colors of your portal.

        For a description of the field values to create a portal theme, see [Create a portal theme](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-user-interface/c_CustomCSS.md).

4.  Navigate to **Service Portal** > **Portals** > **Employee Center**, click **Try it** to preview Employee Center.

5.  Select **Update**.


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