Images captured in hazy weather suffer from poor contrast and low visibility. This paper proposed a single image defogging algorithm to remove haze by combining with the characteristics of HSI color space. Firstly, the method converted original image from RGB color space to HSI color space. Then, based on the different affect to hue, saturation and intensity, a defogged model was established. Finally, the range of weight in saturation model was obtained by analyzing original images saturation, then the range of weight in intensity model was also estimated, and the original image was defogged. In comparison with other algorithms, the experimental results show that the running efficiency of the proposed method is doubled. And the proposed method effectively enhances clarity, so it is appropriate for single image defogging.