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Posted by Sam Vince
Sam Vince
17,449 Points

HELP ME!! Speeding up Workflow with SASS

Set the background of the <a> tag to be a 10% desaturated version of the variable, using the desaturate function. (HINT: desaturate works a lot like the lighten function - taking a color, then a percentage!)

This is my code... $complement: complement(red); a { color: lighten(red, 5%) background: desaturate($complement, 10%) }

I have been stuck on this for a few days now

1 Answer

Hayden Taylor
Hayden Taylor
5,076 Points
Hayden Taylor
Hayden Taylor
5,076 Points

maybe because you aren't putting the semicolons in?

$complement: complement(red); <-- you actually added this one lol why not the rest?
a {
    color: lighten(red, 5%); <--- here
    background: desaturate($complement, 10%); <-- here
}