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CMS Design System

Background color

Use the background color utility to change the default background color of an element.

Format: .ds-u-fill--[COLOR NAME]-[SHADE]

Primary Colors

.ds-u-fill--primary
.ds-u-fill--primary-darker
.ds-u-fill--primary-darkest
.ds-u-fill--black
.ds-u-fill--base
.ds-u-fill--gray-dark
.ds-u-fill--gray-light
.ds-u-fill--white

Secondary Colors

.ds-u-fill--secondary
.ds-u-fill--secondary-dark
.ds-u-fill--secondary-darker
.ds-u-fill--secondary-darkest
.ds-u-fill--secondary-light
.ds-u-fill--secondary-lighter
.ds-u-fill--secondary-lightest

Background Colors

.ds-u-fill--background
.ds-u-fill--background-inverse
.ds-u-fill--gray-dark
.ds-u-fill--gray
.ds-u-fill--gray-light
.ds-u-fill--gray-lighter
.ds-u-fill--gray-lightest

Status Colors

.ds-u-fill--success
.ds-u-fill--success-dark
.ds-u-fill--success-darker
.ds-u-fill--success-darkest
.ds-u-fill--success-light
.ds-u-fill--success-lighter
.ds-u-fill--success-lightest
.ds-u-fill--warn
.ds-u-fill--warn-dark
.ds-u-fill--warn-darker
.ds-u-fill--warn-darkest
.ds-u-fill--warn-light
.ds-u-fill--warn-lighter
.ds-u-fill--warn-lightest
.ds-u-fill--error
.ds-u-fill--error-dark
.ds-u-fill--error-darker
.ds-u-fill--error-darkest
.ds-u-fill--error-light
.ds-u-fill--error-lightest

Focus Colors

.ds-u-fill--focus-color-light
.ds-u-fill--focus-color-dark

Additional Colors

.ds-u-fill--muted-inverse
.ds-u-fill--transparent

Focus Colors - Deprecated

Alert:

Deprecated

Do not use.

.ds-u-fill--focus-color
.ds-u-fill--focus-color-inverse
.ds-u-fill--focus-border-inverse