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

Posted by MUZ140067 Precious Mutangi
MUZ140067 Precious Mutangi
13,064 Points

STAGE 3 CHALLENGE TASK 2 OF 3

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:(red,5%);

a {
color:lighten(red,5%);
}
Gabriel Ward
Gabriel Ward
20,222 Points
Gabriel Ward
Gabriel Ward
20,222 Points

Hi Mutangi,

I've not studied SASS before. But a quick Google search lead me to believe the code you want is 

$complement: complement(red);

1 Answer

Kathryn Notson
Kathryn Notson
25,941 Points
Kathryn Notson
Kathryn Notson
25,941 Points

MUZ140087 Mutangi: I'm not enrolled in the SASS track. I'm not familiar with SASS coding.