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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Speeding up Workflow with Sass Creating a Color Palette

Aaron HARPT
Aaron HARPT
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Posted by Aaron HARPT
Aaron HARPT
19,845 Points

code challenge problem

I am having trouble with the following code challenge.

Set a variable named $complement to be the complement of the standard red.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Sass Basics - Code Challenge</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="page-style.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Hampton's Blog</h1>
  <div class="entry">
    <h1>Great Music</h1>
      <div class="content">
        <p>
            Here are some of my favorite bands from years past and present: Belle and Sebastian, Pixies, and Daft Punk. Listening to music allows me to focus when I'm programming. 
        </p>
      </div>
      <a href="/info.html">Read More &raquo;</a>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
style.scss 
/* Write your SCSS code below. */
$complement: lighten(red, 5%);

a {
color: $complement;
}

1 Answer

Jake Fleming
STAFF
Jake Fleming
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Jake Fleming
Jake Fleming
Treehouse Guest Teacher

You need to actually use the complement function for the variable '$complement' and the lighten function for the color of the a tag:

$complement: complement(red);

a {
  color: lighten(red, 5%);
}