Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Relative colors are one of my favorite new features in CSS, and in this video I take a bit of time exploring why.
(this video is reposted, the original one was missing the last 2 minutes!)
🔗 Links
✅ The demo: codepen.io/kevinpowell/pen/wBMbozY
✅ The pragmatic guide to color, part one: https://piccalil.li/blog/a-pragmatic-guide-to-modern-css-colours-part-one/
✅ The pragmatic guide to color, part 2: https://piccalil.li/blog/a-pragmatic-guide-to-modern-css-colours-part-two/
✅ Piccalilli's courses: https://piccalil.li/courses/
✉ Keep up to date with everything I'm up to kevinpowell.co/newsletter
💬 Come hang out with other devs in my Discord Community discord.gg/nTYCvrK
⭐ Are you a beginner? HTML & CSS for absolute beginners is for you: learn.kevinpowell.co
🎓 Start writing CSS with confidence with CSS Demystified: [https://cssdemystified.com](https://cssdemystified.com/)
🚀 Already mastered CSS? Check out my advanced course, Beyond CSS: https://www.beyondcss.dev/
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⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - the basics of relative colors
04:20 - why this is so powerful
06:50 - the pragmatic guide to color
07:45 - using oklch instead of hsl
#css
Relative colors are one of my favorite new features in CSS, and in this video I take a bit of time exploring why.
(this video is reposted, the original one was missing the last 2 minutes!)
🔗 Links
✅ The demo: codepen.io/kevinpowell/pen/wBMbozY
✅ The pragmatic guide to color, part one: https://piccalil.li/blog/a-pragmatic-guide-to-modern-css-colours-part-one/
✅ The pragmatic guide to color, part 2: https://piccalil.li/blog/a-pragmatic-guide-to-modern-css-colours-part-two/
✅ Piccalilli's courses: https://piccalil.li/courses/
✉ Keep up to date with everything I'm up to kevinpowell.co/newsletter
💬 Come hang out with other devs in my Discord Community discord.gg/nTYCvrK
⭐ Are you a beginner? HTML & CSS for absolute beginners is for you: learn.kevinpowell.co
🎓 Start writing CSS with confidence with CSS Demystified: [https://cssdemystified.com](https://cssdemystified.com/)
🚀 Already mastered CSS? Check out my advanced course, Beyond CSS: https://www.beyondcss.dev/
---
Help support my channel
👨🎓 Get a course: kevinpowell.co/courses
👕 Buy a shirt: cottonbureau.com/people/kevin-powell
💖 Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/kevinpowell or through YT memberships: youtube.com/@KevinPowell/join
---
🧑💻 My editor: VS Code - code.visualstudio.com
🌈 My theme: One Dark Pro Var Night
🔤 My font: Cascadia Code
---
I'm on some other places on the internet too!
If you'd like a behind the scenes and previews of what's coming up on my YouTube channel:
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kevinpowell.co
Codepen: codepen.io/kevinpowell
Github: github.com/kevin-powell
---
And whatever you do, don't forget to keep on making your corner of the internet just a little bit more awesome!
⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - the basics of relative colors
04:20 - why this is so powerful
06:50 - the pragmatic guide to color
07:45 - using oklch instead of hsl
#css
