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Recognised as Colour

#79D829

  • #79D829
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#79D829 is a green with RGB values 121, 216, 41 and HSL 93°, 69%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#79D829#79D829
HEX#79D829
RGBrgb(121, 216, 41)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8471, 0.1608
RGB percentages47.5%, 84.7%, 16.1%
HSLhsl(92.6, 69.2%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(92.6, 81%, 84.7%)
CMYK44%, 0%, 81%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,985,193
CSS custom property--colour: #79D829;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53337WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.67:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#8627D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0C600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4BE3Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Tritanopia#77D0B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 16.1Yellow green · ΔE 17.1Green yellow · ΔE 18.4Lawn green · ΔE 22.7Chartreuse · ΔE 23.8Spring green · ΔE 33.7
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 16.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8829D8
Analogous#D1D829, #29D830
Triadic#2979D8, #D82979
Split complementary#3029D8, #D829D1
Tetradic#29D1D8, #8829D8, #D83029

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5F7D6
Lighter +30%#CAF0AA
Lighter +20%#AFE87F
Lighter +10%#94E054
Darker −10%#61AE20
Darker −20%#498318
Darker −30%#315810
Darker −40%#192D08
More saturated +25%#76F809
Less saturated −25%#7CB849

Channel breakdown

R121
G216
B41
Red121 (47.5%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue41 (16.1%)
Hue92.57°
Saturation (HSL)69.17%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G D8 · B 29

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