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Recognised as Colour

#79A960

  • #79A960
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#79A960 is a green with RGB values 121, 169, 96 and HSL 99°, 30%, 52%. 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

#79A960#79A960
HEX#79A960
RGBrgb(121, 169, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6627, 0.3765
RGB percentages47.5%, 66.3%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(99.5, 29.8%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(99.5, 43.2%, 66.3%)
CMYK28.4%, 0%, 43.2%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,973,216
CSS custom property--colour: #79A960;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.66:1
Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#86569F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AE9F5Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A79B64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#78A497no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.5Olivedrab · ΔE 19.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.3Sea green · ΔE 20.6Dark khaki · ΔE 23.7Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 17.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9060A9
Analogous#9DA960, #60A96C
Triadic#6079A9, #A96079
Split complementary#6B60A9, #A9609D
Tetradic#609DA9, #9060A9, #A96C60

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9F1E4
Lighter +30%#CDDFC3
Lighter +20%#B1CDA2
Lighter +10%#95BB81
Darker −10%#618B4B
Darker −20%#4A6A39
Darker −30%#334927
Darker −40%#1C2815
More saturated +25%#6FC841
Less saturated −25%#838A7F

Channel breakdown

R121
G169
B96
Red121 (47.5%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue99.45°
Saturation (HSL)29.8%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G A9 · B 60

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