# Change the background color of a tooltip (XY Chart)

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-the-background-color-of-a-tooltip-xy-chart/32272>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [February 14, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-the-background-color-of-a-tooltip-xy-chart/32272 "2020-02-14T15:38:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![thuffman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@thuffman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thuffman)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-the-background-color-of-a-tooltip-xy-chart/32272/1 "2020-02-14T15:38:29Z")

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I have been trying to find a way to change the background color of tooltips in the XY chart. I have tried to change the property for self.props.series[0].tooltip.background.color to different colors but it seems to have no effect.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/4/428cce6f5d431b419ffc9e682721b9a86b02f4e2.png)