On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 2:07 PM, BladeBronson <[email protected]>wrote:

> Before I file this, I'm just trying to figure out how much of this I'm
> misunderstanding. :)
>
> Using Photoshop or http://www.opentopia.com/tools/colcal/, my light
> blue color (#ADC1CC) has the following values:
> Hue: 201
> Saturation: 15
> Lightness: 80
>
> Using SASS:
> >> $c = #ADC1CC
> #adc1cc
> >> hue($c)
> 201.29deg
> >> saturation($c)
> 23.308%
> >> lightness($c)
> 73.922%
>
> Saturation and Lightness are substantially off. Is this a bug, or
> expected?
>

Note that on the link you gave, it lists hue, saturation, and *brightness*.
This is a different color space than hue, saturation, and *lightness*.
Confusing, I know. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV for an
overview of the difference. Since CSS3 uses HSL, so do we.

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