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

Luigi Rulloda
Luigi Rulloda
6,175 Points
Posted by Luigi Rulloda
Luigi Rulloda
6,175 Points

help on this one please

I need help

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. */
$text-color: #ff0000 5% lighten;

a {
   $text-color;
}

1 Answer

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points
Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

Hi, lighten is a function, so you need to apply it to the 'a' tag with the other variables inside try:

This will pass:

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

Your code modified is now valid... will pass as well:

style.css 
/* Write your SCSS code below. */
$text-color: lighten(#ff0000, 5%);

a {
   color: $text-color;
}