# Perspective Referencing CSS Variables changed?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-referencing-css-variables-changed/72618>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [April 19, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-referencing-css-variables-changed/72618 "2023-04-19T04:30:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![WillMT10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7feea3/32.png) [@WillMT10](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/WillMT10)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-referencing-css-variables-changed/72618/2 "2023-04-19T05:07:16Z")

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I don't want to say it, but...yes, you have 🙈

> [@Perspective Designer shows error if CSS variables used as colors](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-designer-shows-error-if-css-variables-used-as-colors/35327):
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> I thought it would be a good idea to utilize some of the CSS variables to set some of my background colors. I wanted my project to remain consistent with the selected theme. I’m using nighlty 8.0.14 (b2020051802) which includes the theme update. For example, I’ve set a background colors in a menu tree to a variable value: backgroundColor : var(--neutral-30) which works great but the designer doesn’t like it [image] I think it would be great if the designer recognized the variables as a v…

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