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Recognised as Colour

#79B87E

  • #79B87E
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#79B87E is a green with RGB values 121, 184, 126 and HSL 125°, 31%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#79B87E#79B87E
HEX#79B87E
RGBrgb(121, 184, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7216, 0.4941
RGB percentages47.5%, 72.2%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(124.8, 30.7%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(124.8, 34.2%, 72.2%)
CMYK34.2%, 0%, 31.5%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,977,086
CSS custom property--colour: #79B87E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39852WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.97:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#864781

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAAD7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0A781no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Tritanopia#71B5A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 10.2Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.4Sea green · ΔE 19.6Light green · ΔE 26.2Dark khaki · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 10.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B879B3
Analogous#93B879, #79B89E
Triadic#7E79B8, #B87E79
Split complementary#9E79B8, #B87993
Tetradic#7993B8, #B879B3, #B89E79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFFFE
Lighter +30%#DDEDDE
Lighter +20%#BCDBBE
Lighter +10%#9ACA9E
Darker −10%#58A65E
Darker −20%#46854B
Darker −30%#356338
Darker −40%#234225
More saturated +25%#5FD268
Less saturated −25%#939E94

Channel breakdown

R121
G184
B126
Red121 (47.5%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue124.76°
Saturation (HSL)30.73%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G B8 · B 7E

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