Recognised as Colour

#79C213

#79C213
Green
Dark
Nearest: Yellow green

#79C213 is a green with RGB values 121, 194, 19 and HSL 85°, 82%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#79C213#79C213

HEX#79C213

RGBrgb(121, 194, 19)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7608, 0.0745

RGB percentages47.5%, 76.1%, 7.5%

HSLhsl(85, 82.2%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(85, 90.2%, 76.1%)

CMYK37.6%, 0%, 90.2%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,979,539

CSS custom property--colour: #79C213;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42696WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.54:1

Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#863DEC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CBB200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1AD2Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original

Tritanopia#7BBAA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 10.3 Limegreen · ΔE 21.9 Green yellow · ΔE 25 Olivedrab · ΔE 31.4 Forest green · ΔE 31.8 Lawn green · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 10.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5C13C2

Analogous#C2B413, #21C213

Triadic#1379C2, #C21379

Split complementary#1321C2, #B413C2

Tetradic#13C2B4, #5C13C2, #C21321

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7F7AA

Lighter +30%#C1F27C

Lighter +20%#ABEE4D

Lighter +10%#95E91F

Darker −10%#5C940E

Darker −20%#3F650A

Darker −30%#223705

Darker −40%#050801

More saturated +25%#7CD500

Less saturated −25%#75A72E

Channel breakdown

R121

G194

B19

Red121 (47.5%)

Green194 (76.1%)

Blue19 (7.5%)

Hue85.03°

Saturation (HSL)82.16%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G C2 · B 13

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