---
title: Default CSS styles
description: You can use CSS styles to control the appearance of elements in a theme.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-user-interface/r\_DefaultCSSStyle.html
release: australia
topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [CSS theme support, Customizing instance appearance, User interface configuration, Working in Core UI, Configure UIs and portals, Configure user experiences]
---

# Default CSS styles

You can use CSS styles to control the appearance of elements in a theme.

Your version of the UI determines which CSS styles you can use.

## Default CSS styles for Core UI \(UI16\)

```
$search-text-color: #ffffff                         
$navpage-header-bg: #293e40                         
$navpage-header-color: #ffffff
$navpage-header-divider-color: #5A7F71
$navpage-header-button-color: #ffffff          
$nav-highlight-main: #576667                        
$subnav-background-color: #213234                   
$navpage-nav-bg: #293e40                              
$navpage-nav-bg-sub: #293e40                           
$navpage-nav-color-sub: #d1d6d8                                           
$nav-hr-color: #192628                              
          
$nav-highlight-bar-active: #82c9b8                  
$nav-highlight-bar-inactive: #213234                
$navpage-nav-selected-bg: #2f4f4e                   
$navpage-nav-selected-color: #82c9b8                  
$navpage-nav-unselected-color: #d1d6d8              
          
$connect-latest-message: #B8E0D7                                     
$navpage-nav-app-text: #ffffff                                        
$navpage-nav-border: #7a828a                        
$navpage-button-color: #ffffff  
$navpage-button-color-hover: #82C9B8 
    
```

**Parent Topic:**[CSS theme support](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/c_CSSThemeSupport.md)

**Related topics**  


[Activating CSS theme support]()

[Create or customize a theme]()