$primary-color: #6699CC $primary-active-color: #477db0 $secondary-color: #999999 $sidebar-caret-icon: #ffffff $success: #3c763d $cancelled: #a94442 $pending: #faf2cc $deleted: lighten($secondary-color, 30%) $border-dark: $secondary-color $border-light: #eaeaea $body-color: #666 $body-background: #fff $heading-color: #333 $link-color: $primary-color $body-lighter: #999 $icon-color: #333 $smartphone: 480px $tablet: 768px $laptop: 1024px $desktop: 1440px $gray-background: #F7F7F7 $thead-color: #888 $dark-gray-background: rgba(#ccc, 0.1) $container: 960px $line-height: 14px $font-size-root: 62.5% $header-height: 55px $header-max-height: 60px $container-padding: 0.25em // Because all browsers have a default font-size of 16px, setting the font-size to 62.5% on the html element gives it a font-size of 10px (10 / 16 * 100 = 62.5)