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id: 619b7fd56aa2253778bcf5f7
title: Step 43
challengeType: 0
dashedName: step-43
---

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The <dfn>HSL</dfn> color model, or hue, saturation, and lightness, is another way to represent colors.

The CSS `hsl` function accepts 3 values: a number from 0 to 360 for hue, a percentage from 0 to 100 for saturation, and a percentage from 0 to 100 for lightness.

If you imagine a color wheel, the hue red is at 0 degrees, green is at 120 degrees, and blue is at 240 degrees.

Saturation is the intensity of a color from 0%, or gray, to 100% for pure color. You must add the percent sign `%` to the saturation and lightness values.

Lightness is how bright a color appears, from 0%, or complete black, to 100%, complete white, with 50% being neutral.

In the `.blue` CSS rule, use the `hsl` function to change the `background-color` property to pure blue. Set the hue to `240`, the saturation to `100%`, and the lightness to `50%`.

# --hints--

Your `.blue` CSS rule should have a `background-color` property set to `hsl(240, 100%, 50%)`.

```js
assert.strictEqual(new __helpers.CSSHelp(document).getStyle('.blue')?.backgroundColor, 'rgb(0, 0, 255)');
```

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## --seed-contents--

```html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Colored Markers</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>CSS Color Markers</h1>
    <div class="container">
      <div class="marker red">
      </div>
      <div class="marker green">
      </div>
      <div class="marker blue">
      </div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
```

```css
h1 {
  text-align: center;
}

.container {
  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
  padding: 10px 0;
}

.marker {
  width: 200px;
  height: 25px;
  margin: 10px auto;
}

.red {
  background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);
}

.green {
  background-color: #007F00;
}

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.blue {
  background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
}
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```
