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# Use dark mode in Kibana

The dark mode changes Kibana's default light appearance to a darker color theme. From the application header, you can turn on dark mode or synchronize the color mode with your operating system settings.
Kibana can display its interface in a light or dark color mode. From the application header, you can change the color mode or synchronize it with your operating system settings.

:::{tip}
If you're using {{ecloud}}, this setting only applies to the Kibana UI of your serverless projects and hosted deployments. If you'd like to change the {{ecloud}} Console color theme too, you must do so separately from its respective interface.
:::

If you haven't saved a color mode preference, Kibana applies a default color mode:

- {applies_to}`stack: ga 9.5` {applies_to}`serverless: ga` Kibana follows your operating system's color scheme, and **System** is pre-selected when you change your color mode.
- {applies_to}`stack: ga 9.0-9.4` Kibana uses the light color mode.

## Change your color mode preferences

1. Open the user menu from the header.
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3. Choose a color mode:

- **Light**: The default color mode of Kibana
- **Light**: The light color mode of Kibana
- **Dark**: The dark color mode of Kibana
- **System**: Synchronizes Kibana's color mode with your system settings
- **Space default**: Sets the color mode to the value defined in the [Space settings](kibana://reference/advanced-settings.md#kibana-general-settings)
- {applies_to}`serverless: unavailable` {applies_to}`stack: deprecated` **Space default**: Sets the color mode to the value of the [`theme:darkMode`](kibana://reference/advanced-settings.md#theme-darkmode) advanced setting for the space.

:::{admonition} Deprecated
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The **Space default** option will be removed in a future version and automatically replaced with the System color mode.
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