Less Color saturate()

The Less Color Saturate Function is used to change the intensity or saturation of the color in the element. Following parameters are used in Less saturate function.

color: It is used to specify color object.
amount: Its percentage varies between 0 - 100%.
method: It is optional parameter. It is used to adjust the current value. The adjustment to be relative to current value by setting it to relative.

Saturate Function Example

Let's take an example to demonstrate the usage of saturate function in Less file.

Create a HTML file named "simple.html", having the following data.

HTML file: simple.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <title>Saturate Function Example</title>
   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="simple.css"/>
</head>
<body>
   <h2>Example of Saturate Color Operation</h2>
   <div class="myclass1">
   <p>color :<br> #402105</p>
   </div><br>
   <div class="myclass2">
      <p>result :<br> #446600</p>
   </div>
</body>
</html>

Now create a file named "simple.less". It is similar to CSS file. The only one difference is that it is saved with ".less" extension.

LESS file: simple.less

.myclass1{
   height:100px;
   width:100px;
   padding: 30px 0px 0px 25px;
   background-color: hsl(80, 90%, 20%);
   color:white;
}
.myclass2{
   height:100px;
   width:100px;
   padding: 30px 0px 0px 25px;
   background-color: saturate(hsl(80, 90%, 20%), 10%);
   color:white;
}

Put the both file "simple.html" and "simple.less" inside the root folder of Node.js

Now, execute the following code: lessc simple.less simple.css

This will compile the ?"simple.less" file. A CSS file named "simple.css" will be generated.

For example:

The generated CSS "simple.css";, has the following code:

.myclass1 {
  height: 100px;
  width: 100px;
  padding: 30px 0px 0px 25px;
  background-color: #426105;
  color: white;
}
.myclass2 {
  height: 100px;
  width: 100px;
  padding: 30px 0px 0px 25px;
  background-color: #446600;
  color: white;
}

Output: