---
title: "backgroundColor"
description: "Background color of the node."
type: "property"
lastmod: "2026-08-27"
---
## API Reference

> Source set: Common

```kotlin
public var SemanticsPropertyReceiver.backgroundColor: ColorProducer by
    SemanticsProperties.BackgroundColor
```

Background color of the node.

This must incorporate the background's alpha property as well as the color's alpha, if provided.