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--color-primary (-light|-dark).text-primaryApplies the primary color, typically used for text.
--color-base (-light|-dark).bg-baseApplies the base color, typically used for surfaces.
--color-surface (-light|-dark).bg-surfaceApplies the surface color, typically used for surfaces.
--color-shading (-light|-dark).bg-shadingApplies the shading color, typically used for backdrops.
--color-frosted (-light|-dark).bg-frostedApplies the frosted color, typically used as a background in combination with a blur effect.
--color-contrast-low (-light|-dark).border-contrast-lowApplies the contrast-low color, intended only for decorative elements, as it is not accessibility-compliant.
--color-contrast-medium (-light|-dark).text-contrast-mediumApplies the contrast-medium color, typically used for text.
--color-contrast-high (-light|-dark).text-contrast-highApplies the contrast-high color, typically used for text.
--color-success (-light|-dark).text-successApplies the success color, typically used for text.
--color-success-soft (-light|-dark).bg-success-softApplies the success-soft color, typically used as background.
--color-warning (-light|-dark).text-warningApplies the warning color, typically used for text.
--color-warning-soft (-light|-dark).bg-warning-softApplies the warning-soft color, typically used as background.
--color-error (-light|-dark).text-errorApplies the error color, typically used for text.
--color-error-soft (-light|-dark).bg-error-softApplies the error-soft color, typically used as background.
--color-info (-light|-dark).text-infoApplies the info color, typically used for text.
--color-info-soft (-light|-dark).bg-info-softApplies the info-soft color, typically used as background.
--color-hover (-light|-dark).text-hoverApplies the hover color.
--color-active (-light|-dark).text-activeApplies the active color.
--color-focus (-light|-dark).outline-focusApplies the focus color, typically used as the outline for :focus-visible states.
--color-disabled (-light|-dark).text-disabledApplies the disabled color.
Global settingsThemeChanges the theme of the application and any Porsche Design System component. It's possible to choose between forced theme light and dark. It's also possible to use auto, which applies light or dark theme depending on the operating system settings automatically.LightDarkAuto (sync with operating system)DirectionChanges the direction of HTML elements, mostly used on<html> tag to support languages which are read from right to left like e.g. Arabic.LTR (left-to-right)RTL (right-to-left)AutoText ZoomChanges the text size and values with unit rem or em relatively. This setting can be defined in browser settings for any website or by an application itself on<html> tag. To achieve WCAG 2.2 AA compliance it's obligatory to support text zoom up to at least 200%.100%130%150%200%