diff --git a/portal-ui/public/styles/root-styles.css b/portal-ui/public/styles/root-styles.css
index 8e85d518a..8ef54b1b4 100644
--- a/portal-ui/public/styles/root-styles.css
+++ b/portal-ui/public/styles/root-styles.css
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 body {
   margin: 0;
+  background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);
   font-family: "Lato", sans-serif;
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
   -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;