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Recognised as Colour

#79D72C

  • #79D72C
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#79D72C is a green with RGB values 121, 215, 44 and HSL 93°, 68%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#79D72C#79D72C
HEX#79D72C
RGBrgb(121, 215, 44)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8431, 0.1725
RGB percentages47.5%, 84.3%, 17.3%
HSLhsl(93, 68.1%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(93, 79.5%, 84.3%)
CMYK43.7%, 0%, 79.5%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,984,940
CSS custom property--colour: #79D72C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52848WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.57:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#8628D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFC500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3BD40no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Tritanopia#77CFB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 15.9Yellow green · ΔE 16.3Green yellow · ΔE 19.3Lawn green · ΔE 23.8Chartreuse · ΔE 25Spring green · ΔE 33.4
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 15.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A2CD7
Analogous#CED72C, #2CD735
Triadic#2C79D7, #D72C79
Split complementary#352CD7, #D72CCE
Tetradic#2CCED7, #8A2CD7, #D7352C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6F8D7
Lighter +30%#CBEFAD
Lighter +20%#AFE782
Lighter +10%#94DF57
Darker −10%#61AF21
Darker −20%#498419
Darker −30%#315911
Darker −40%#1A2E09
More saturated +25%#76F60D
Less saturated −25%#7CB84B

Channel breakdown

R121
G215
B44
Red121 (47.5%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue44 (17.3%)
Hue92.98°
Saturation (HSL)68.13%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G D7 · B 2C

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