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# Customize Employee Center portal theme

# Customize Employee Center portal theme {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

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 PortalThemes.
2. Search for <kbd class="ph userinput">EC Theme</kbd> to use 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.
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3. **Optional:** Customize the theme content to suit your requirement.
   1. Navigate to Service PortalThemes.
   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://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=c_CustomCSS&version=xanadu&pubname=xanadu-platform-user-interface&ft:locale=en-US).
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4. Navigate to Service PortalPortalsEmployee Center, click Try it to preview Employee Center.
5. Select Update.
**Related topics**   

* [Configure portal branding](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=c_BrandingEditor&version=xanadu&pubname=xanadu-platform-user-interface&ft:locale=en-US)

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