# Custom CSS... how?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-how/229849
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 13, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-how/229849 "2022-06-13T19:16:37Z")
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### Author: ![ganncamp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ganncamp/32/106199_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-how/229849/1 "2022-06-13T19:16:37Z")

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I’d like to tweak the presentation of the poll banner with a different background color. From this:

 ![Selection_222](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/6/3/563e2fa6ca7b292261bc3194d2a42b5e784b3fda.png)

To this (or something like it):

 ![Selection_223](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/9/9/c99b52c78c4076abbeeb6a6fd4695b0eca2b8eb9.png)

Getting the class name was easy enough. But I’m not seeing where I can tweak the CSS. Admin → Customize → Colors isn’t it, and I’m not seeing where to get low-level access to the CSS properties. Do I have to do a full-on plugin for this?

[This thread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-on-hosted-instance/129805) makes it look like it’s available from the UI, but I’m not seeing the “Custom CSS/HTML” part of that screenshot in my instance.

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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-how/229849/2 "2022-06-13T19:25:09Z")

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Are you using an existing theme already or do you only see ‘Default’ under “Themes” in Admin - Customize - Themes?

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### Author: ![ganncamp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ganncamp/32/106199_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-how/229849/3 "2022-06-14T11:43:31Z")

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I see Default and Dark.

Aaand… Now I see it. I was looking at Customize → Colors (silly me) instead of Customize → [click on theme]

Thanks for your help! 😃

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-how/229849/4 "2022-10-27T12:16:21Z")

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