diff --git a/app/client/src/components/designSystems/appsmith/WidgetStyleContainer.tsx b/app/client/src/components/designSystems/appsmith/WidgetStyleContainer.tsx
index 3a2b95a850..3671bb6545 100644
--- a/app/client/src/components/designSystems/appsmith/WidgetStyleContainer.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/components/designSystems/appsmith/WidgetStyleContainer.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export interface WidgetStyleContainerProps {
   containerStyle?: ContainerStyle;
   children?: ReactNode;
   borderColor?: Color;
+  backgroundColor?: Color;
   borderWidth?: number;
   borderRadius?: number;
   boxShadow?: BoxShadow;
@@ -29,17 +30,18 @@ const WidgetStyle = styled.div<WidgetStyleContainerProps>`
   height: 100%;
   width: 100%;
   border-radius: ${({ borderRadius }) => borderRadius};
-  box-shadow:  ${(props) => props.boxShadow} !important;
+  box-shadow: ${(props) => props.boxShadow} !important;
   border-width: ${(props) => props.borderWidth}px;
   border-color: ${(props) => props.borderColor || "transparent"};
   border-style: solid;
+  background-color: ${(props) => props.backgroundColor || "transparent"};
 
   & > div {
     height: 100%;
     width: 100%;
     overflow: hidden;
   }
-}`;
+`;
 
 // wrapper component for apply styles on any widget boundary
 function WidgetStyleContainer(props: WidgetStyleContainerProps) {
diff --git a/app/client/src/widgets/ContainerWidget/component/index.tsx b/app/client/src/widgets/ContainerWidget/component/index.tsx
index c2f5c11f49..7ec7eabff2 100644
--- a/app/client/src/widgets/ContainerWidget/component/index.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/widgets/ContainerWidget/component/index.tsx
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const StyledContainerComponent = styled.div<
         : props.backgroundColor;
     }};
   }
-}`;
+`;
 
 function ContainerComponentWrapper(props: ContainerComponentProps) {
   const containerStyle = props.containerStyle || "card";
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ function ContainerComponent(props: ContainerComponentProps) {
       {...pick(props, [
         "widgetId",
         "containerStyle",
+        "backgroundColor",
         "borderColor",
         "borderWidth",
         "borderRadius",