The theme object is where you define your application's color palette, type scale, font stacks, breakpoints, border radius values, and more.
Theming in NativeBase is based on the
You can add a
theme.colors object to provide colors for your project. By default, these colors can be referenced by the
color,
borderColor,
backgroundColor, etc. props.
You can also add
.alpha:{number} to add levels of opacity to a colour. The number can also be added in the theme file.
Ex:
red.300:alpha.30, You can read more about this in
We recommend adding a palette that ranges from
50 to
900. Tools like
,
, or
are available to generate these palettes.
To manage Typography options, the theme object supports the following keys:
const typography = {
letterSpacings: {
"xs": "-0.05em",
"sm": "-0.025em",
"md": 0,
"lg": "0.025em",
"xl": "0.05em",
"2xl": "0.1em",
},
lineHeights: {
"2xs": "1em",
"xs": "1.125em",
"sm": "1.25em",
"md": "1.375em",
"lg": "1.5em",
"xl": "1.75em",
"2xl": "2em",
"3xl": "2.5em",
"4xl": "3em",
"5xl": "4em",
},
fontWeights: {
hairline: 100,
thin: 200,
light: 300,
normal: 400,
medium: 500,
semibold: 600,
bold: 700,
extrabold: 800,
black: 900,
extraBlack: 950,
},
fonts: {
heading: undefined,
body: undefined,
mono: undefined,
},
fontSizes: {
"2xs": 10,
"xs": 12,
"sm": 14,
"md": 16,
"lg": 18,
"xl": 20,
"2xl": 24,
"3xl": 30,
"4xl": 36,
"5xl": 48,
"6xl": 60,
"7xl": 72,
"8xl": 96,
"9xl": 128,
},
};
2xs
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
xs
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
sm
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
md
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
lg
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
xl
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
2xl
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
3xl
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
4xl
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
5xl
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
6xl
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
7xl
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
8xl
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
9xl
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The size key allows you to customize the global spacing and sizing scale for your project. By default these spacing value can be referenced by the padding, margin, and top, left, right, bottom props.
Value
Pixels
Representation
The opacity key is used in opacity style object and to define color opacity, using the red-green-blue-alpha (RGBA) model. RGBA color values are an extension of RGB color values with an alpha channel - which specifies the opacity of the color.
const opacity = {
0: 0,
5: 0.05,
10: 0.1,
20: 0.2,
25: 0.25,
30: 0.3,
40: 0.4,
50: 0.5,
60: 0.6,
70: 0.7,
75: 0.75,
80: 0.8,
90: 0.9,
95: 0.95,
100: 1,
};
The shadow key allows you to customize the global box shadow for your project.
export default {
0: {
shadowColor: "#000",
shadowOffset: {
width: 0,
height: 1,
},
shadowOpacity: 0.18,
shadowRadius: 1.0,
elevation: 1,
},
1: {
shadowColor: "#000",
shadowOffset: {
width: 0,
height: 1,
},
shadowOpacity: 0.2,
shadowRadius: 1.41,
elevation: 2,
},
2: {
shadowColor: "#000",
shadowOffset: {
width: 0,
height: 1,
},
shadowOpacity: 0.22,
shadowRadius: 2.22,
elevation: 3,
},
3: {
shadowColor: "#000",
shadowOffset: {
width: 0,
height: 2,
},
shadowOpacity: 0.23,
shadowRadius: 2.62,
elevation: 4,
},
4: {
shadowColor: "#000",
shadowOffset: {
width: 0,
height: 2,
},
shadowOpacity: 0.25,
shadowRadius: 3.84,
elevation: 5,
},
5: {
shadowColor: "#000",
shadowOffset: {
width: 0,
height: 3,
},
shadowOpacity: 0.27,
shadowRadius: 4.65,
elevation: 6,
},
6: {
shadowColor: "#000",
shadowOffset: {
width: 0,
height: 3,
},
shadowOpacity: 0.29,
shadowRadius: 4.65,
elevation: 7,
},
7: {
shadowColor: "#000",
shadowOffset: {
width: 0,
height: 4,
},
shadowOpacity: 0.3,
shadowRadius: 4.65,
elevation: 8,
},
8: {
shadowColor: "#000",
shadowOffset: {
width: 0,
height: 4,
},
shadowOpacity: 0.32,
shadowRadius: 5.46,
elevation: 9,
},
9: {
shadowColor: "#000",
shadowOffset: {
width: 0,
height: 5,
},
shadowOpacity: 0.34,
shadowRadius: 6.27,
elevation: 10,
},
};
Still confused? You can always explore
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