Since you want to do this globally, you may want to follow what CssBaseline does in it source code: https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/blob/master/packages/material-ui/src/CssBaseline/CssBaseline.js
const styles = theme => ({
'@global': {
'*::-webkit-scrollbar': {
width: '0.4em'
},
'*::-webkit-scrollbar-track': {
'-webkit-box-shadow': 'inset 0 0 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.00)'
},
'*::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb': {
backgroundColor: 'rgba(0,0,0,.1)',
outline: '1px solid slategrey'
}
}
});
it looks like the top-level/global selector to use is @global.