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Recognised as Colour

#799C39

  • #799C39
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olivedrab

#799C39 is a green with RGB values 121, 156, 57 and HSL 81°, 46%, 42%. 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

#799C39#799C39
HEX#799C39
RGBrgb(121, 156, 57)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6118, 0.2235
RGB percentages47.5%, 61.2%, 22.4%
HSLhsl(81.2, 46.5%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(81.2, 63.5%, 61.2%)
CMYK22.4%, 0%, 63.5%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,969,849
CSS custom property--colour: #799C39;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28137WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.63:1
Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#8663C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4922Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9F9040no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Tritanopia#7E9587no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 6.2Olive · ΔE 19.7Forest green · ΔE 23.8Dark khaki · ΔE 24.3Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.5Green · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 6.25, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C399C
Analogous#9C8E39, #479C39
Triadic#39799C, #9C3979
Split complementary#39479C, #8E399C
Tetradic#399C8E, #5C399C, #9C3947

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7E6BB
Lighter +30%#C1D896
Lighter +20%#ABCB70
Lighter +10%#95BD4B
Darker −10%#5C772B
Darker −20%#3F511E
Darker −30%#222C10
Darker −40%#050702
More saturated +25%#81B71E
Less saturated −25%#718154

Channel breakdown

R121
G156
B57
Red121 (47.5%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue57 (22.4%)
Hue81.21°
Saturation (HSL)46.48%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G 9C · B 39

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