---
name: CustomProperties
category: Structure
keywords:
  - theme
  - custom properties
  - color scheme
  - light mode
  - dark mode
omitAppProvider: true
---

# Custom Properties

Use the custom properties component to share global theme settings throughout the hierarchy of your application. Custom properties is included by default as a child of the [app provider component](https://polaris.shopify.com/components/structure/app-provider) but can be used independently to apply a base color scheme to its children.

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## Examples

### Custom properties rendered by the app provider

The app provider component renders a CustomProperties component with the default color scheme.

```jsx
<AppProvider i18n={{}}>
  <Card
    title="Shipment 1234"
    secondaryFooterActions={[{content: 'Edit shipment'}]}
    primaryFooterAction={{content: 'Add tracking number'}}
  >
    <Card.Section title="Items">
      <List>
        <List.Item>1 × Oasis Glass, 4-Pack</List.Item>
        <List.Item>1 × Anubis Cup, 2-Pack</List.Item>
      </List>
    </Card.Section>
  </Card>
</AppProvider>
```

### Custom properties with a color scheme rendered by the app provider

A color scheme can be passed to the app provider to determine what color scheme is globally applied to the application.

```jsx
<AppProvider i18n={{}} colorScheme="dark">
  <Card
    title="Shipment 1234"
    secondaryFooterActions={[{content: 'Edit shipment'}]}
    primaryFooterAction={{content: 'Add tracking number'}}
  >
    <Card.Section title="Items">
      <List>
        <List.Item>1 × Oasis Glass, 4-Pack</List.Item>
        <List.Item>1 × Anubis Cup, 2-Pack</List.Item>
      </List>
    </Card.Section>
  </Card>
</AppProvider>
```

### Custom properties with a different color scheme nested within an app provider

Custom properties can be nested within the custom properties rendered by the app provider in order to override the color scheme at a local level.

```jsx
<AppProvider i18n={{}}>
  <TextContainer>
    <Card
      title="Shipment 1234"
      secondaryFooterActions={[{content: 'Edit shipment'}]}
      primaryFooterAction={{content: 'Add tracking number'}}
    >
      <Card.Section title="Items">
        <List>
          <List.Item>1 × Oasis Glass, 4-Pack</List.Item>
          <List.Item>1 × Anubis Cup, 2-Pack</List.Item>
        </List>
      </Card.Section>
    </Card>
    <CustomProperties colorScheme="dark">
      <Card
        title="Shipment 1234"
        secondaryFooterActions={[{content: 'Edit shipment'}]}
        primaryFooterAction={{content: 'Add tracking number'}}
      >
        <Card.Section title="Items">
          <List>
            <List.Item>1 × Oasis Glass, 4-Pack</List.Item>
            <List.Item>1 × Anubis Cup, 2-Pack</List.Item>
          </List>
        </Card.Section>
      </Card>
    </CustomProperties>
  </TextContainer>
</AppProvider>
```

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## Consuming custom properties colors in a component

The CustomProperties component uses [CSS custom properties](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/--*) to share color values with components. For a full list of available CSS custom properties, see the [Polaris tokens docs](https://github.com/Shopify/polaris/tree/main/polaris-tokens#readme).

```scss
.Card {
  background-color: var(--p-surface);
  box-shadow: var(--p-shadow-card);
  border-radius: var(--p-border-radius-2);
}
```

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## Related components

- To share global settings throughout the hierarchy of your application, [use the app provider component](https://polaris.shopify.com/components/structure/app-provider)