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css/define-css-custom-properties-with-scss-variables.md

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+# Define CSS Custom Properties With SCSS Variables
+
+It doesn't work to directly declare a CSS custom property using SCSS variables
+like this:
+
+```css
+$primary-action: #057A5B;
+
+.btn-primary {
+  --button-color: $primary-action;
+}
+```
+
+After SCSS pre-processing, the resulting CSS will look like this:
+
+```css
+.btn-primary {
+  --button-color: $primary-action;
+}
+```
+
+Instead of the variable being translated into its declared value (`#057A5B` in
+this case), it is left as is.
+
+This is because CSS custom property syntax is unusual enough that it gets
+processed literally. The only way to incorporate a variable is with
+_interpolation_.
+
+```css
+$primary-action: #057A5B;
+
+.btn-primary {
+  --button-color: #{$primary-action};
+}
+```
+
+Wrapping the SCSS variable in interpolation syntax (`#{ ... }`) will do the
+job.
+
+[source](https://sass-lang.com/documentation/style-rules/declarations#custom-properties)