diff --git a/cydiapomonella/templates/cydiapomonella/index.html b/cydiapomonella/templates/cydiapomonella/index.html
index 0f4878bc9a8cbd0e183a5c4e08611e75982af721..7437c4c09779c481bcde8ba7cb860b023952b5dc 100644
--- a/cydiapomonella/templates/cydiapomonella/index.html
+++ b/cydiapomonella/templates/cydiapomonella/index.html
@@ -46,11 +46,26 @@
 {% endblock %}
 {% block customCSS %}
     <style>
+        /* Over ride datatable property to maintain default color */
         .navbar-default {
             background-color: #fff;
             border-color:#fff;
         }
+        
+        /* Text align center - used in datatable */
         .colCenter {text-align: center;}
+
+        /* Data table odd stripe color */
+        .table-striped>tbody>tr:nth-child(odd)>td,
+        .table-striped>tbody>tr:nth-child(odd)>th {
+            background-color: #ebf1d4 /* Choose your own color here */
+        }
+ 
+        /* Data table even stripe color */
+        .table-striped>tbody>tr:nth-child(even)>td,
+        .table-striped>tbody>tr:nth-child(even)>th {
+        background-color: #e4ddd6 /* Choose your own color here */
+        }
         
     </style>
 {% endblock %}