About the Predefined Base Themes

When you choose a base theme, select the theme that is most similar to your desired color palette. You can then modify the theme as needed and save as a new, custom theme. There a five predefined base themes that override the Flex standard styles:
SAS Blue Steel
The SAS Blue Steel theme enables you to modify the Application banner and Splash screen components. You can replace the banner logo with a customized logo. In release 3.5 and later, you can customize the two splash screens.
SAS Corporate
The SAS Corporate theme is the default theme for SAS Theme Designer for Flex. Colors for this theme are based on a navy blue palette. The SAS Corporate theme enables you to modify the Application banner and Splash screen components. You can replace the banner logo with a customized logo. In release 3.5 and later, you can customize the two splash screens.
SAS Dark
The SAS Dark theme is implemented in a minimal way, without custom graphical skins. The SAS Dark theme is based on darker, charcoal gray tones and should be used if a company’s theme contains a dark palette. The SAS Dark theme can be customized extensively. The full range of components on the User Interface Components panel are available for customization.
SAS High Contrast
The SAS High Contrast theme improves the accessibility of the text and interface for visually impaired users. The SAS High Contrast theme uses a black background, with white outlines, text, and icons. A currently selected (active) item is aqua color and previously selected items are purple. The full range of components on the User Interface Components panel are available for customization.
SAS Light
The SAS Light theme is implemented in a minimal way, without custom graphical skins. The SAS Light theme uses shades of light gray, beige, and white for its color palette. It should be used if a company’s theme contains an overall light palette. The SAS Light theme can be customized extensively. The full range of components on the User Interface Components panel are available for customization.