diff --git a/styl/lib/_var.styl b/styl/lib/_var.styl
index 8a9164ab6fbbdb2160448978e7fa4251f43cae19..820bc0998108404efec8bec9833455f04ee4ca01 100644
--- a/styl/lib/_var.styl
+++ b/styl/lib/_var.styl
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ $title-color= #fff;
 $accent-color= #20c5ad;
 $content-footer-div-color= #03A8F4;
 
-$darker-color= 5%;
-$darker-color-2= 2%;
+$darker-color= 5;
+$darker-color-2= 2;
 
 $border-radius-sub-nav= 10px;
 $border-radius-image= 5px;