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# Considerations for Themes and Branding

Keep these considerations in mind when working with themes and branding.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col style="width:100%"></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Essentials</strong>, <strong>Group</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

- Your org can have only one active theme, which applies to the entire org.
- By default, an org uses the built-in Lightning Blue theme or Salesforce Cosmos theme based on when the org was created. See [Salesforce Cosmos Theme and SLDS 2 Availability](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.customize_ui_enhancedlex.htm&type=5&language=en_US).
- You can create up to 300 custom themes, but you can’t modify or clone the built-in themes provided by Salesforce.
- Themes don’t apply to Salesforce Classic or to native mobile apps.
- Chatter External users see the built-in Lightning Blue theme only.
- Even if you haven’t selected the option to override themes in the App Manager, your app’s brand image and color always override the Lightning Lite and Lightning Blue themes.
- For optimum visibility, we use an accessible version of your brand colors. To use your own colors in links and branded buttons in custom Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS) 1 themes, from the edit theme page, select the **Override accessibility brand color** checkbox. You can’t override accessible brand colors in the Global Navigation Divider and status and flow components.
    
    ![Tip](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-setup-264-0-0-production-enus/6f21df35-9ea0-4f53-ac94-45c3b5dfd5bc/images/icon_tip.png)
    
    Tip Selecting the **Override accessibility brand color** checkbox can cause accessibility issues in some areas of the UI, and can make text harder to read.
- When you activate an SLDS 2 theme, you enable SLDS 2 for your org. If you change your active theme from an SLDS 2 theme to an SLDS 1 theme, you disable SLDS 2 for your org.
- Not all Salesforce apps support SLDS 2. If an app or area of Salesforce doesn’t support SLDS 2, it’s displayed with SLDS 1 styling even when SLDS 2 is activated.
- Some features, such as background color, background image, and global header color are unavailable in SLDS 2 themes due to accessibility implications.
- When you add or remove a theme's brand image, the theme can take some time to reflect your changes. To see your updated brand image faster, empty your cache and hard reload your browser.