Color variable support for card view buttons

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title: Color variable support for card view buttons
description: Learn how to use color variables to change theming in your mobile card view buttons.
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# Color variable support for card view buttons

Learn how to use color variables to change theming in your mobile card view buttons.

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Use color variables in **Card template element attributes** to control color values for icon buttons on your mobile cards.

 The following color variables are available to use:

-   **BackgroundColorVariable**
-   **BorderColorVariable**
-   **TextColorVariable**

 For more information on these attributes, see [Card template element attributes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/mobile/mca-attributes.md).

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</table>## Button style guide

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Color

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Example

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Variables

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Primary

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-   **Background**

Mobile variable: `Primary`

Web variable: `now-color--primary-1`

-   **Text**

Mobile variable: `Text Actionable`

Web variable: `now-color_text--primary-actionable`


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Secondary

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\[Omitted image "button-secondary.png"\] Alt text: Secondary button example

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-   **Background**

Mobile variable: `Background Primary`

Web variable: `now-color_background--primary`

-   **Text**

Mobile variable: `Primary`

Web variable: `now-color--primary-1`

-   **Border \(2px\)**

Mobile variable: `Primary`

Web variable: `now-color--primary-1`


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Positive

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\[Omitted image "button-positive.png"\] Alt text: Positive button example

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-   **Background**

Mobile variable: `Positive`

Web variable: `now-color_alert--positive-3`

-   **Text**

Mobile variable: `Text Actionable`

Web variable: `now-color_text--primary-actionable`


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Destructive

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\[Omitted image "button-destructive.png"\] Alt text: Destructive button example

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-   **Background**

Mobile variable: `Destructive`

Web variable: `now-color_alert--critical-3`

-   **Text**

Mobile variable: `Text Actionable`

Web variable: `now-color_text--primary-actionable`


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Bare

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-   **Background**

Mobile variable: `Primary`/`Positive`/`Destructive`

Web variable: `now-color--primary-1`/

`now-color_alert--positive-3`/

`now-color_alert--critical-3`

-   **Text**

Mobile variable: `Text Actionable`

Web variable: `now-color_text--primary-actionable`


 **Note:** This button can be configured with primary, positive, or destructive color.

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Disabled

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Use this style when the action is unavailable while offline.

 Can be used with all styles- primary, secondary, text/icon.

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