Recognised as Colour

#79AA49

#79AA49
Green
Dark
Nearest: Olivedrab

#79AA49 is a green with RGB values 121, 170, 73 and HSL 90°, 40%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

#79AA49#79AA49

HEX#79AA49

RGBrgb(121, 170, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6667, 0.2863

RGB percentages47.5%, 66.7%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(90.3, 39.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(90.3, 57.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK28.8%, 0%, 57.1%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,973,449

CSS custom property--colour: #79AA49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33295WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.2 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#999999

Inverted#8655B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B19F3Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#AA9B50no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Tritanopia#7BA495no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 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

Olivedrab · ΔE 12.2 Forest green · ΔE 21.7 Medium seagreen · ΔE 25.1 Yellow green · ΔE 26.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.2 Olive · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 12.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7A49AA

Analogous#AAAA49, #49AA4A

Triadic#4979AA, #AA4979

Split complementary#4A49AA, #AA49A9

Tetradic#49A9AA, #7A49AA, #AA4949

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DFECD3

Lighter +30%#C6DDAF

Lighter +20%#ACCD8C

Lighter +10%#93BE68

Darker −10%#60863A

Darker −20%#46632A

Darker −30%#2D3F1B

Darker −40%#131B0C

More saturated +25%#79C82B

Less saturated −25%#798C67

Channel breakdown

R121

G170

B73

Red121 (47.5%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue90.31°

Saturation (HSL)39.92%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G AA · B 49

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