Recognised as Colour

#79CC74

#79CC74
Green
Dark
Nearest: Light green

#79CC74 is a green with RGB values 121, 204, 116 and HSL 117°, 46%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

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HEX#79CC74

RGBrgb(121, 204, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8, 0.4549

RGB percentages47.5%, 80%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(116.6, 46.3%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(116.6, 43.1%, 80%)

CMYK40.7%, 0%, 43.1%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,982,196

CSS custom property--colour: #79CC74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48512WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.7:1

Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#86338B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0BE6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4B679no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Tritanopia#70C7B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 12 Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.3 Pale green · ΔE 16.7 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.3 Forest green · ΔE 27 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 11.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C774CC

Analogous#A5CC74, #74CC9B

Triadic#7479CC, #CC7479

Split complementary#9B74CC, #CC74A5

Tetradic#74A5CC, #C774CC, #CC9B74

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E5F5E4

Lighter +20%#C1E7BF

Lighter +10%#9DDA99

Darker −10%#55BE4F

Darker −20%#409F3B

Darker −30%#317A2D

Darker −40%#22551F

More saturated +25%#64E45C

Less saturated −25%#8EB48C

Channel breakdown

R121

G204

B116

Red121 (47.5%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue116.59°

Saturation (HSL)46.32%

Lightness62.75%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G CC · B 74

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Colour harmonies

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