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Colour

#79BE8A

  • #79BE8A
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#79BE8A is a green with RGB values 121, 190, 138 and HSL 135°, 35%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#79BE8A#79BE8A
HEX#79BE8A
RGBrgb(121, 190, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7451, 0.5412
RGB percentages47.5%, 74.5%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(134.8, 34.7%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(134.8, 36.3%, 74.5%)
CMYK36.3%, 0%, 27.4%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,978,634
CSS custom property--colour: #79BE8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42727WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.55:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#864175

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFB387no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4AC8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6EBCB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 9.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.2Medium seagreen · ΔE 17.2Sea green · ΔE 21Aquamarine · ΔE 26.2Light green · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE79AD
Analogous#8BBE79, #79BEAC
Triadic#8A79BE, #BE8A79
Split complementary#AC79BE, #BE798B
Tetradic#798BBE, #BE79AD, #BEAC79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0F0E4
Lighter +20%#BEDFC6
Lighter +10%#9BCFA8
Darker −10%#57AD6C
Darker −20%#448D56
Darker −30%#346A41
Darker −40%#23482C
More saturated +25%#60D77D
Less saturated −25%#92A597

Channel breakdown

R121
G190
B138
Red121 (47.5%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue134.78°
Saturation (HSL)34.67%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G BE · B 8A

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