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Recognised as Colour

#6A9B79

  • #6A9B79
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#6A9B79 is a green with RGB values 106, 155, 121 and HSL 138°, 20%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#6A9B79#6A9B79
HEX#6A9B79
RGBrgb(106, 155, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.6078, 0.4745
RGB percentages41.6%, 60.8%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(138.4, 19.7%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(138.4, 31.6%, 60.8%)
CMYK31.6%, 0%, 21.9%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,986,617
CSS custom property--colour: #6A9B79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27887WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.58:1
Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#956486

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B9377no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#938E7Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#629A92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 13.4Sea green · ΔE 19.4Cadetblue · ΔE 20.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22Dark cyan · ΔE 23.9Light seagreen · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 13.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B6A8C
Analogous#749B6A, #6A9B91
Triadic#796A9B, #9B796A
Split complementary#916A9B, #9B6A74
Tetradic#6A749B, #9B6A8C, #9B916A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4EDE7
Lighter +30%#C6D8CB
Lighter +20%#A7C4B0
Lighter +10%#89AF94
Darker −10%#547E61
Darker −20%#405F49
Darker −30%#2B4132
Darker −40%#17221A
More saturated +25%#4BBA6D
Less saturated −25%#838383

Channel breakdown

R106
G155
B121
Red106 (41.6%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue138.37°
Saturation (HSL)19.68%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6A · G 9B · B 79

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