# UI-Template - cant change background color of?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-cant-change-background-color-of/17605>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [6 November 2019 20:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-cant-change-background-color-of/17605 "2019-11-06T20:05:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [6 November 2019 23:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-cant-change-background-color-of/17605/4 "2019-11-06T23:54:54Z")

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You need to play with various css elements eg a ui\_template added to the head section like this

```auto
<style>
    body.nr-dashboard-theme md-content md-card {
    background-color: rgba(0,0,255,0.1) !important;
}
</style>

```

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