Force a specific background and accent color

Forces Windows to use the specified colors for the background and accent. The color values are specified in hex as #RGB.By default users can change the background and accent colors.If this setting is enabled the background and accent colors of Windows will be set to the specified colors and users cannot change those colors. This setting will not be applied if the specified colors do not meet a contrast ratio of 2:1 with white text.

Policy path: 

Control Panel\Personalization

Scope: 

Machine

Supported on: 

At least Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1

Registry settings: 

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization!PersonalColors_Background HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization!PersonalColors_Accent

Filename: 

ControlPanelDisplay.admx

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