diff --git a/www/common/application_config_internal.js b/www/common/application_config_internal.js
index 24c46b790..91520c99a 100644
--- a/www/common/application_config_internal.js
+++ b/www/common/application_config_internal.js
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ define(function() {
         '#800080', // purple
     ];
 
+    // Background color in the apps with centered content:
+    // - file app in view mode
+    // - rich text app when editor's width reduced in settings
+    config.appBackgroundColor = '#666';
+
     // Set enableTemplates to false to remove the button allowing users to save a pad as a template
     // and remove the template category in CryptDrive
     config.enableTemplates = true;
diff --git a/www/file/inner.js b/www/file/inner.js
index 2dbe765ce..b4b327998 100644
--- a/www/file/inner.js
+++ b/www/file/inner.js
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ define([
                         if (decrypting) { return; }
                         decrypting = true;
                         displayFile(ev, sizeMb, function (err) {
+                            $appContainer.css('background-color',
+                                              common.getAppConfig().appBackgroundColor);
                             if (err) { UI.alert(err); }
                         });
                     };
diff --git a/www/pad/inner.js b/www/pad/inner.js
index b54dd7dd3..6945f6d45 100644
--- a/www/pad/inner.js
+++ b/www/pad/inner.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ define([
     '/common/common-hash.js',
     '/common/common-util.js',
     '/bower_components/chainpad/chainpad.dist.js',
+    '/customize/application_config.js',
 
     '/bower_components/diff-dom/diffDOM.js',
 
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ define([
     ApiConfig,
     Hash,
     Util,
-    ChainPad)
+    ChainPad,
+    AppConfig)
 {
     var DiffDom = window.diffDOM;
 
@@ -592,7 +594,8 @@ define([
                 }
                 // Used in ckeditor-config.js
                 Ckeditor.CRYPTPAD_URLARGS = ApiConfig.requireConf.urlArgs;
-                var newCss = '.cke_body_width { background: #666; height: 100%; }' +
+                var backColor = AppConfig.appBackgroundColor;
+                var newCss = '.cke_body_width { background: '+ backColor +'; height: 100%; }' +
                     '.cke_body_width body {' +
                         'max-width: 50em; padding: 10px 30px; margin: 0 auto; min-height: 100%;'+
                         'box-sizing: border-box;'+