How to change your portal's colours, logos and icons
You can brand your Validis portal with your own colours, logo, favicon, login page visual and vClient artwork. Everything is on the Branding page in Portal Settings, and all of it is saved together.
Please note
You need the appropriate permissions to reach Portal Settings.
Finding the Branding settings
Select your user account at the top right of the portal, then select Settings. You are taken to Portal Settings, where Branding is the first item in the menu on the left.
Brand colours
There are two colours to set.
| Colour | Where it is used |
|---|---|
| Primary brand colour | Primary actions, links, selected states, and branded interactive elements. |
| Header background colour | The portal global header background. |
To change a colour, type the hex code straight into the field, or select the pencil icon beside it to open the colour picker. In the picker you can choose a shade visually, or switch between HEX, RGB and HSB to enter a value. Select Apply when you are happy with it.
Accessibility
Underneath the colour fields, the portal checks the colours you have chosen against the five background colours it uses, and tells you how many of them pass WCAG AA and WCAG AAA. Select View contrast details to see which combinations pass and which do not.
| Level | What it means |
|---|---|
| AA | The standard most organisations are expected to meet. Aim to pass this on all five backgrounds. |
| AAA | A stricter level. Passing it is better still, but it is not usually required. |
This matters because your primary brand colour is used for buttons, links and other things people need to read and click. A colour that looks right on your website can still be hard to read once it is sitting on a pale portal background.
A few things worth checking:
- Pale or bright primary colours are the usual problem. Yellows, light greens and pastels often fail against white and light grey. A darker version of the same brand colour usually passes.
- Check your logo against your header colour. The contrast check covers your colours, not your logo. A dark logo on a dark header is unreadable, and nothing on the page will warn you.
- Use a transparent PNG for your logo where you can. A logo with a white box around it will show that box against a coloured header.
- Keep to the recommended sizes. Artwork at the wrong aspect ratio is scaled to fit, which is where stretched or cropped logos come from.
Logos and images
Select the pencil icon beside an item to upload a new image. If one has already been uploaded, it is shown next to the pencil. Files must be JPG or PNG.
| Item | Where it appears | Recommended | Max size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main logo | The portal header and data share emails. Make sure it is clearly visible on your chosen header colour. | 5:1 aspect ratio | 2 MB |
| Favicon | The browser tab. | 48 × 48 px | 20 KB |
| Login Page Visual | Next to the login form on the login page. | 5:3 aspect ratio | 2 MB |
| vClient logo | The vClient interface. | 5:1 aspect ratio | 2 MB |
| vClient icon | The vClient interface. | 256 × 256 px | 200 KB |
Saving your changes
Select Save at the bottom of the page. If you leave without saving, your changes are lost. Cancel discards them.
Saved changes take effect immediately for everyone on your portal, although some users may need to refresh their browser to see them.