Change navigation theme color in GitLab

Question

The default Indigo color for GitLab doesn't suit my Header Logo. I want to change it to a lighter color. Are there any options to change the navigation theme color or can it changed programmatically?

Answer 1

The navigation theme color cannot be changed for everyone at once. It can only changed for individual profile.

As mentioned in this document of Gitlab,

1. Click your avatar icon in the top right corner, select Settings
2. Choose Preferences from the left sidebar.
3. Select a color on Navigation theme and click Save Changes

Answer 2

You can change the default theme (for new users) by setting

gitlab_rails['gitlab_default_theme'] = THEME_NUMBER

in /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb. Afterwards run gitlab-ctl reconfigure. See here for the theme numbers. E.g. 3 corresponds to the Light theme.