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Recognised as Colour

#79C58E

  • #79C58E
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#79C58E is a green with RGB values 121, 197, 142 and HSL 137°, 40%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#79C58E#79C58E
HEX#79C58E
RGBrgb(121, 197, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7725, 0.5569
RGB percentages47.5%, 77.3%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(136.6, 39.6%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(136.6, 38.6%, 77.3%)
CMYK38.6%, 0%, 27.9%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,980,430
CSS custom property--colour: #79C58E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4595WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.19:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#863A71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5B98Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAB191no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6CC3B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 11.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.6Medium seagreen · ΔE 15.8Sea green · ΔE 22.4Aquamarine · ΔE 23.7Light green · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 11.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C579B0
Analogous#8AC579, #79C5B4
Triadic#8E79C5, #C58E79
Split complementary#B479C5, #C5798A
Tetradic#798AC5, #C579B0, #C5B479

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4F3E8
Lighter +20%#C0E4CA
Lighter +10%#9DD4AC
Darker −10%#55B670
Darker −20%#419759
Darker −30%#327344
Darker −40%#22502F
More saturated +25%#61DD83
Less saturated −25%#91AD99

Channel breakdown

R121
G197
B142
Red121 (47.5%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue136.58°
Saturation (HSL)39.58%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G C5 · B 8E

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