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title: Button emphasis considerations
description: Use button emphasis to define the appearance and color of function buttons throughout your mobile app. The appearance and color of function buttons helps users identify the types of actions they trigger.
locale: en-US
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release: australia
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Legacy theming, Configuring the Mobile Platform, Mobile Platform]
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# Button emphasis considerations

Use button emphasis to define the appearance and color of function buttons throughout your mobile app. The appearance and color of function buttons helps users identify the types of actions they trigger.

**Important:** Use legacy mobile theming on Tokyo and earlier ServiceNow® instances. For Utah and later releases, see [Next Experience theming for mobile](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/mobile/explore-ne-theming.md).

Select the mobile theme colors for button emphasis throughout your mobile app. You can define different colors to compliment your branding guidelines and you can vary your selection according to different locations on your mobile app.

The available theme colors for button emphasis are primary, secondary, tertiary, positive, and destructive. The following diagram shows the default colors that are available. For more information, see [Mobile theme color guidelines](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/mobile/sg-theme-colors.md).

\[Omitted image "button-emphasis-chart.png"\] Alt text: Colors available for button emphasis.