# Theme Awareness CSS variables InDesign

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**Category:** InDesign\
**Tags:** ui, uxp\
**Created:** [August 13, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/theme-awareness-css-variables-indesign/8287 "2024-08-13T08:27:48Z")\
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Variables do not work in InDesign, but you can work around this by using media queries.

In the documentation table ([Doc](https://developer.adobe.com/indesign/uxp/reference/uxp-api/reference-css/Media%20Queries/prefers-color-scheme/)), InDesign is not explicitly listed (only Photoshop and XD are), but the feature does work.

```auto
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
…
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: darkest) {
…
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {
…
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: lightest) {
…
}

```

Hope this helps.

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