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Adjust the Tone of a Color

Summary

  • The saturation percent changes the amount of gray and the lightness percent determines how much white or black is in the color.
  • This is useful when you have a base hue you like, but need different variations of it.

Final Code

<style>
  header {
    background-color: hsl(180, 90%, 35%);
    color: #FFFFFF;
  }

  nav {
    background-color: hsl(180, 80%, 25%);
  }

  h1 {
    text-indent: 10px;
    padding-top: 10px;
  }

  nav ul {
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 5px 0px 5px 30px;
  }

  nav li {
    display: inline;
    margin-right: 20px;
  }

  a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: inherit;
  }
</style>

<header>
  <h1>Cooking with FCC!</h1>
  <nav>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Classes</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
    </ul>
  </nav>
</header>