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QUESTION

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Why did the CSS Validator alter this rule:


FROM -> background: rgb(75%,85%,70%);


TO -> background : rgb(75.0,85.0,70.0);


Note that each of the percent values appear as decimal numbers. For
example, 75% appears as 75.0. However,  I used a percent -- not a
number between 0 and 255. 


Why were the percents changed to numbers?



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WHAT I DID

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I pasted the following snippet into the box labeled "VALIDATE BY
DIRECT INPUT", as follows:


.panel  { 

	background: rgb(75%,85%,70%);

}


After clicking CHECK, the Validator  reported "No error or warning
found", and displayed the rule under the caption "Valid CSS
Information", as follows:


<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><bigger><bigger>• 	.panel  {

	</bigger></bigger></fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Lucida Grande</param><bigger><bigger>◦</bigger></bigger></fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><bigger><bigger>
	background : rgb(75.0,85.0,70.0);

}

</bigger></bigger></fontfamily>

Oddly,  Validator is not displaying the same rule I entered in the
"VALIDATE BY DIRECT INPUT" box.


The link for the CSS Validator I used is:

http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/