Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Score big with last-minute savings on the final tickets to FabCon Vienna. Secure your discount

Reply
Anonymous
Not applicable

JSON Theme Card Property for Background

Hello,

 

Does anyone knows how to set the card background default color and transparency in a new PowerBI Theme?

 

Thank you

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

 

JSON them file provides "background" and "transparency" properties allows us to set background color and transparency for a specific visual. Please refer to the sample in this article.

 

Regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

View solution in original post

3 REPLIES 3
v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

 

JSON them file provides "background" and "transparency" properties allows us to set background color and transparency for a specific visual. Please refer to the sample in this article.

 

Regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Anonymous
Not applicable

I cannot make it work... can you show a sample snippet of the code for the card background and transparency please?


Thank you

@Anonymous here is an example that works for me

 

{
   "name": "Card-Background-Example",
   "background": "#ffffff",
   "foreground": "#000000",
   "dataColors": [
      "#8AD4EB",
      "#939498",
      "#C0504D",
      "#DB6D4B"
   ],
   "visualStyles": {
      "*": {
         "*": {
            "*": [
               {
                  "fontSize": 12,
                  "fontFamily": "Calibri",
                  "color": {
                     "solid": {}
                  }
               }
            ],
            "general": [
               {
                  "responsive": true
               }
            ]
         }
      },
      "card": {
         "*": {
            "background": [
               {
                  "show": true,
                  "color": {
                     "solid": {
                        "color": "#8AD4EB"
                     }
                  },
                  "transparency": 0
               }
            ],
            "labels": [
               {
                  "show": true,
                  "color": {
                     "solid": {
                        "color": "#ffffff"
                     }
                  },
                  "fontSize": 14,
                  "fontFamily": "Calibri"
               }
            ]
         }
      }
   }
}

Helpful resources

Announcements
August Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - August 2025

Check out the August 2025 Power BI update to learn about new features.

August 2025 community update carousel

Fabric Community Update - August 2025

Find out what's new and trending in the Fabric community.

Top Solution Authors