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Recognised as Colour

#79D51E

  • #79D51E
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#79D51E is a green with RGB values 121, 213, 30 and HSL 90°, 75%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#79D51E#79D51E
HEX#79D51E
RGBrgb(121, 213, 30)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8353, 0.1176
RGB percentages47.5%, 83.5%, 11.8%
HSLhsl(90.2, 75.3%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(90.2, 85.9%, 83.5%)
CMYK43.2%, 0%, 85.9%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,984,414
CSS custom property--colour: #79D51E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51747WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.35:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#862AE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEC300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1BC38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Tritanopia#78CCB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 16.7Limegreen · ΔE 17.4Green yellow · ΔE 18Lawn green · ΔE 22.5Chartreuse · ΔE 23.7Spring green · ΔE 35.6
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 16.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7A1ED5
Analogous#D5D51E, #1ED51F
Triadic#1E79D5, #D51E79
Split complementary#1E1ED5, #D51ED5
Tetradic#1ED4D5, #7A1ED5, #D51E1E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFF7C8
Lighter +30%#C6F19B
Lighter +20%#ACEB6E
Lighter +10%#93E442
Darker −10%#60A818
Darker −20%#467C11
Darker −30%#2D4F0B
Darker −40%#132205
More saturated +25%#79F300
Less saturated −25%#79B73C

Channel breakdown

R121
G213
B30
Red121 (47.5%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue30 (11.8%)
Hue90.16°
Saturation (HSL)75.31%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G D5 · B 1E

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