<div class="wrapper" data-theme="none">
    <nav>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="#food">Food</a></li>
        <li><a href="#lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></li>
        <li><a href="#travel">Travel</a></li>
      </ul>
    </nav>
    <main>
      <section id="food">
        <h1 class="section-title">Food</h1>
        <div class="articles">
          <article class="primary-block">
            <div class="text-block">
              <h2>Heading</h2>
              <h3>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</h3>
              <p>Sed tempus arcu vitae facilisis rutrum. Suspendisse a commodo odio, vel ultrices lorem. Nulla lobortis,
                tellus non egestas tempor, ante nisl placerat elit, vitae cursus magna metus ac lorem. </p>
            </div>
            <div class="img-block" style="background-image:url(https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/214996/food-large.jpg)"></div>
          </article>
          <article class="secondary-block">
            <div class="text-block">
              <h2>Heading</h2>
              <p>Nam semper pharetra molestie. Sed accumsan nibh sed vehicula convallis. Aliquam sagittis ac dui eget
                lacinia.</p>
            </div>
            <div class="img-block" style="background-image:url(https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/214996/food-small.jpg)"></div>
          </article>
        </div>
      </section>
      <section id="lifestyle">
        <h1 class="section-title">Lifestyle</h1>
        <div class="articles">
          <article class="primary-block">
            <div class="text-block">
              <h2>Heading</h2>
              <h3>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</h3>
              <p>Sed tempus arcu vitae facilisis rutrum. Suspendisse a commodo odio, vel ultrices lorem. Nulla lobortis,
                tellus non egestas tempor, ante nisl placerat elit, vitae cursus magna metus ac lorem. </p>
            </div>
            <div class="img-block" style="background-image:url(https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/214996/lifestyle-large.jpg)"></div>
          </article>
          <article class="secondary-block">
            <div class="text-block">
              <h2>Heading</h2>
              <p>Nam semper pharetra molestie. Sed accumsan nibh sed vehicula convallis. Aliquam sagittis ac dui eget
                lacinia.</p>
            </div>
            <div class="img-block" style="background-image:url(https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/214996/lifestyle-small.jpg)"></div>
          </article>
        </div>
      </section>
      <section id="travel">
        <h1 class="section-title">Travel</h1>
        <div class="articles">
          <article class="primary-block">
            <div class="text-block">
              <h2>Heading</h2>
              <h3>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</h3>
              <p>Sed tempus arcu vitae facilisis rutrum. Suspendisse a commodo odio, vel ultrices lorem. Nulla lobortis,
                tellus non egestas tempor, ante nisl placerat elit, vitae cursus magna metus ac lorem. </p>
            </div>
            <div class="img-block" style="background-image:url(https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/214996/travel-large.jpg)"></div>
          </article>
          <article class="secondary-block">
            <div class="text-block">
              <h2>Heading</h2>
              <p>Nam semper pharetra molestie. Sed accumsan nibh sed vehicula convallis. Aliquam sagittis ac dui eget
                lacinia.</p>
            </div>
            <div class="img-block" style="background-image:url(https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/214996/travel-small.jpg)"></div>
          </article>
        </div>
      </section>
    </main>
    <aside>
      <p>All pictures are from <a href="https://unsplash.com/">Unsplash</a> and under the <a href="https://unsplash.com/license">Unsplash License</a>:</p>
      <ul>
        <li>
          <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/8dXad1em74g">Zion National Park</a> by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@pthom__">Peter Thomas</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/LpsZEjdqZoY">Machu Picchu</a> by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@abeosorio">Abraham Osorio</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/-YHSwy6uqvk">Cooked dish on gray bowl</a> by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@lvnatikk">Lily Banse</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/N_Y88TWmGwA">Gourmet meal and white wine</a> by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@jaywennington">Jay Wennington</a> </li>
        <li>
          <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/f8egRYt5RGk">Hive Coworking Space</a> by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@warfeous">Michael Warf</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/xBFTjrMIC0c">Fruit Mojitos</a> by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@kobbymendez">Kobby Mendez</a>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </aside>
  </div>
// variable definitons on the .wrapper element
.wrapper {
  // number of themes, hue of first color, hue-step to next hue
  --theme-count: 3;
  --first-hue: 180;
  --hue-step: calc(360 / var(--theme-count));

  // number of shades, steps of lightness
  --shade-count: 6;
  --lgt-step: 10%;  
  
  // lightness definitions
  --lgt-1: var(--lgt-step);
  --lgt-2: calc(var(--lgt-1) + var(--lgt-step));
  --lgt-3: calc(var(--lgt-2) + var(--lgt-step));
  --lgt-4: calc(var(--lgt-3) + var(--lgt-step));
  --lgt-5: calc(var(--lgt-4) + var(--lgt-step));
  --lgt-6: calc(var(--lgt-5) + var(--lgt-step));
}

// hue definitions
.wrapper[data-theme="travel"] {
  --hue: var(--first-hue); 
}

.wrapper[data-theme="lifestyle"] {
  --hue: calc(var(--first-hue) + calc(var(--hue-step))); 
}

.wrapper[data-theme="food"] {
  --hue: calc(var(--first-hue) + calc(var(--hue-step) * 2));
}

// fallback
.wrapper {
  --hue: var(--first-hue); 
}

h1 {  
  color: hsl(var(--hue), 100%, var(--lgt-2));
}

.primary-block {
    background: hsl(var(--hue), 100%, var(--lgt-2));
    h2 {
      color: hsl(var(--hue), 100%, var(--lgt-5));
    }
}

.secondary-block {
    h2 {
      color: hsl(var(--hue), 100%, var(--lgt-2));
    }
}

[data-theme="food"] {
  [href="#food"] {
    border-color: hsl(var(--hue), 100%, var(--lgt-2));
  }
}

[data-theme="lifestyle"] {
  [href="#lifestyle"] {
    border-color: hsl(var(--hue), 100%, var(--lgt-2));
  }
}

[data-theme="travel"] {
  [href="#travel"] {
    border-color: hsl(var(--hue), 100%, var(--lgt-2));
  }
}









/**************************************************
 * Everything below here concerns the layout only 
 * and is irrelevant for the color themes.
 **************************************************/
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;600;700&display=swap');

html {
    font-size: 62.5%;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

*, *:before, *:after {
    box-sizing: inherit;
}

body {
    font: 1.4rem/1.4 'Inter', sans-serif;
    background: white;
    color: #333;
    margin: 0;
}

.wrapper {
    max-width: 128rem;
    margin: auto;
}

nav {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    background: #fff;
    ul {
        display: flex;
        list-style: none;
        padding: 0;
    }

    a {
        display: block;
        padding: .3rem 2rem;
        color: currentColor;
        text-decoration: none;
        border-bottom: .3rem solid transparent;
        margin: .1rem;
    }
}


section {
    padding-top: 70px;
    display: block;
    .articles {
        display: flex;
        justify-content: space-between;      
    }
}

[data-theme="food"] {
  section:not(#food) {
    display:none;
  }
}

[data-theme="lifestyle"] {
  section:not(#lifestyle) {
    display:none;
  }
}

[data-theme="travel"] {
  section:not(#travel) {
    display:none;
  }
}

article {
    border: .1rem #ddd solid;
}

img {
    display: block;
    max-width: 100%;
}

h2 {
    margin: 0 0 .6rem 0;
}

h3 {
    margin: 0 0 .6rem 0;
}

p {
    margin: 0 0 .6rem 0;
}

h1 {
    margin: 0 0 .6rem 1.5rem;
}

.text-block {
    padding: 1.5rem;
}

.primary-block {
    display: flex;
    width: 75%;

    .text-block {
        width: 34%;
    }

    h2 {
        font-size: 2.3rem;
        text-shadow: 1px 1px 0px rgba(0,0,0,.3);
    }

    h3 {
        font-size: 1.5rem;
        color: #eee;
        font-weight: 600;
        font-variation-settings: 'wght' 600
    }

    p {
        font-size: 1.4rem;
        color: #eee;
    }

    .img-block {
        width: 67%;
    }
}

.img-block {
    background: {
        color: #ddd;
        repeat: no-repeat;
        position: center;
        size: cover
    }
}

.secondary-block {
    width: 24%;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column-reverse;
    justify-content: flex-end;

    p {
        font-size: 1.3rem;
    }

    h2 {
        font-size: 2.0rem;
    }

    .img-block {
        height: 45%;
    }
}

aside {
  margin-top: 4rem;
  padding: 1.5rem;
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  ul {
    column-count: 3;
  }
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 980px)  {

    .primary-block {
        width: 64%;
        .text-block {
            width: 46%;
        }
        .img-block {
            width: 54%;
        }
    }

    .secondary-block {
        width: 35%;
    }
  
  aside {
    ul {
      column-count: 2;
    }
  }
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 860px)  {
    .primary-block, .secondary-block {
        flex-direction: column-reverse;
        justify-content: flex-end;

        .text-block, .img-block {
            width: 100%;
        }

        p {
            font-size: 1.3rem;
        }

        h2 {
            font-size: 2.0rem;
        }

        .img-block {
            height: 10rem;
            margin-bottom: .7rem;
        }
    }



}

@media only screen and (max-width: 660px)  {
    section {
        .articles {
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
        }
    }

    .primary-block, .secondary-block {
        margin-bottom: .7rem;
        width: 100%;
    }
}
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// Toggle the themes, on a real site with multiple pages
// it might make more sense to do this on the server side.
const wrapper = document.querySelector('.wrapper');
document.querySelector("nav").addEventListener('click', e => {
   wrapper.dataset.theme = e.target.getAttribute('href').substr(1);
})


// progressive enhancement:
// without JavaScript all sections are displayed, the theme is only set when the page loads
wrapper.dataset.theme = wrapper.querySelector('section').id;

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