# Changing toolbar text color

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/changing-toolbar-text-color/43652>\
**Category:** ionic-v3\
**Created:** [February 13, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/changing-toolbar-text-color/43652 "2016-02-13T19:04:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ctcampbell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/ctcampbell/32/90760_2.png) [@ctcampbell](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/ctcampbell)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/changing-toolbar-text-color/43652/1 "2016-02-13T19:04:45Z")

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How can I change the ion-toolbar text color when I have changed the $primary color and have that set as the background color on my toolbars? The default seems to be hardcoded to black for some reason?

The specific CSS item I need to change is “toolbar[primary] .toolbar-title” in app.ios.css but I can’t see which scss file this comes from.

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**Author:** ![brandyshea](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/brandyshea/32/148286_2.png) [@brandyshea](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/brandyshea)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/changing-toolbar-text-color/43652/2 "2016-02-13T21:11:48Z")

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There’s actually no simple way to do this. The color is coming from a function that determines which color to make the text based on the background color:

[https://github.com/driftyco/ionic/blob/2.0/ionic/util/functions.scss#L5-L28](https://github.com/driftyco/ionic/blob/2.0/ionic/util/functions.scss#L5-L28)

For now you can add this to the bottom of your `app.core.scss` file:

```css
// Change white to your color
.toolbar[primary] .toolbar-title, .toolbar[primary] .bar-button-default {
  color: white;
}

```

Could you create an issue for it please? We’re going to need to discuss this. [http://ionicframework.com/submit-issue/](http://ionicframework.com/submit-issue/)

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**Author:** ![ctcampbell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/ctcampbell/32/90760_2.png) [@ctcampbell](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/ctcampbell)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/changing-toolbar-text-color/43652/3 "2016-02-13T21:41:30Z")

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Done, [https://github.com/driftyco/ionic/issues/5445](https://github.com/driftyco/ionic/issues/5445). Thanks.