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Recognised as Colour

#79A87A

  • #79A87A
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#79A87A is a green with RGB values 121, 168, 122 and HSL 121°, 21%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#79A87A#79A87A
HEX#79A87A
RGBrgb(121, 168, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6588, 0.4784
RGB percentages47.5%, 65.9%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(121.3, 21.3%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(121.3, 28%, 65.9%)
CMYK28%, 0%, 27.4%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,972,986
CSS custom property--colour: #79A87A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33475WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.7:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#865785

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AA9F77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A29B7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Tritanopia#74A59Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 7.7Sea green · ΔE 19.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 23.8Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26Cadetblue · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 7.7, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A879A7
Analogous#8FA879, #79A892
Triadic#7A79A8, #A87A79
Split complementary#9279A8, #A8798F
Tetradic#798FA8, #A879A7, #A89279

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F8F5
Lighter +30%#D6E4D6
Lighter +20%#B7D0B7
Lighter +10%#98BC99
Darker −10%#5E905F
Darker −20%#4A714A
Darker −30%#365236
Darker −40%#213422
More saturated +25%#5DC460
Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R121
G168
B122
Red121 (47.5%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue121.28°
Saturation (HSL)21.27%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G A8 · B 7A

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