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Recognised as Colour

#799C17

  • #799C17
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olivedrab

#799C17 is a green with RGB values 121, 156, 23 and HSL 76°, 74%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

#799C17#799C17
HEX#799C17
RGBrgb(121, 156, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6118, 0.0902
RGB percentages47.5%, 61.2%, 9%
HSLhsl(75.8, 74.3%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(75.8, 85.3%, 61.2%)
CMYK22.4%, 0%, 85.3%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,969,815
CSS custom property--colour: #799C17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27904WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.8 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#8B8B8B
Inverted#8663E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A59100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A19027no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7F9485no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.3 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

Olivedrab · ΔE 10.2Olive · ΔE 18.6Yellow green · ΔE 20.4Forest green · ΔE 25.7Green · ΔE 27.2Dark khaki · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 10.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3A179C
Analogous#9C7D17, #379C17
Triadic#17799C, #9C1779
Split complementary#17379C, #7C179C
Tetradic#179C7D, #3A179C, #9C1737

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6EF90
Lighter +30%#C5E864
Lighter +20%#B5E237
Lighter +10%#9BC81E
Darker −10%#577010
Darker −20%#34430A
Darker −30%#121703
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#84B201
Less saturated −25%#6E862D

Channel breakdown

R121
G156
B23
Red121 (47.5%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue75.79°
Saturation (HSL)74.3%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G 9C · B 17

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