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Recognised as Colour

#79CD2C

  • #79CD2C
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#79CD2C is a green with RGB values 121, 205, 44 and HSL 91°, 65%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#79CD2C#79CD2C
HEX#79CD2C
RGBrgb(121, 205, 44)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8039, 0.1725
RGB percentages47.5%, 80.4%, 17.3%
HSLhsl(91.3, 64.7%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(91.3, 78.5%, 80.4%)
CMYK41%, 0%, 78.5%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,982,380
CSS custom property--colour: #79CD2C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47909WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.58:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#8632D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5BC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAB63Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Tritanopia#78C5AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 12.3Limegreen · ΔE 17.7Green yellow · ΔE 23.4Lawn green · ΔE 29.4Chartreuse · ΔE 30.6Light green · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 12.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#802CCD
Analogous#C9CD2C, #2CCD30
Triadic#2C79CD, #CD2C79
Split complementary#302CCD, #CD2CC9
Tetradic#2CC9CD, #802CCD, #CD302C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2F5D0
Lighter +30%#C7ECA6
Lighter +20%#ADE37C
Lighter +10%#93DA52
Darker −10%#60A323
Darker −20%#47791A
Darker −30%#2F4F11
Darker −40%#162508
More saturated +25%#78EC0D
Less saturated −25%#7AAE4B

Channel breakdown

R121
G205
B44
Red121 (47.5%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue44 (17.3%)
Hue91.3°
Saturation (HSL)64.66%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G CD · B 2C

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