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Recognised as Colour

#79D866

  • #79D866
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light green

#79D866 is a green with RGB values 121, 216, 102 and HSL 110°, 59%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#79D866#79D866
HEX#79D866
RGBrgb(121, 216, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8471, 0.4
RGB percentages47.5%, 84.7%, 40%
HSLhsl(110, 59.4%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(110, 52.8%, 84.7%)
CMYK44%, 0%, 52.8%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,985,254
CSS custom property--colour: #79D866;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54136WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.83:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#862799

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDC85Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0BF6Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Tritanopia#71D2BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 13.4Pale green · ΔE 15Yellow green · ΔE 22.8Limegreen · ΔE 23.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 26.4Medium spring green · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 13.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C566D8
Analogous#B2D866, #66D88C
Triadic#6679D8, #D86679
Split complementary#8C66D8, #D866B2
Tetradic#66B2D8, #C566D8, #D88C66

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4F7E0
Lighter +20%#C0EDB7
Lighter +10%#9DE28F
Darker −10%#55CE3D
Darker −20%#41AC2C
Darker −30%#328322
Darker −40%#225B17
More saturated +25%#69F04E
Less saturated −25%#89C07E

Channel breakdown

R121
G216
B102
Red121 (47.5%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue110°
Saturation (HSL)59.38%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G D8 · B 66

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