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Recognised as Colour

#79D869

  • #79D869
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light green

#79D869 is a green with RGB values 121, 216, 105 and HSL 111°, 59%, 63%. 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

#79D869#79D869
HEX#79D869
RGBrgb(121, 216, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8471, 0.4118
RGB percentages47.5%, 84.7%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(111.4, 58.7%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(111.4, 51.4%, 84.7%)
CMYK44%, 0%, 51.4%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,985,257
CSS custom property--colour: #79D869;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.84:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#862796

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDC85Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0BF71no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Tritanopia#70D2BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 12.2Pale green · ΔE 14.2Yellow green · ΔE 23.8Limegreen · ΔE 24.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 25.3Medium spring green · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 12.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C869D8
Analogous#B1D869, #69D891
Triadic#6979D8, #D86979
Split complementary#9069D8, #D869B1
Tetradic#69B1D8, #C869D8, #D89169

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5F8E2
Lighter +20%#C1EDBA
Lighter +10%#9DE391
Darker −10%#55CD41
Darker −20%#40AE2D
Darker −30%#318523
Darker −40%#225D18
More saturated +25%#68F051
Less saturated −25%#8AC081

Channel breakdown

R121
G216
B105
Red121 (47.5%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue111.35°
Saturation (HSL)58.73%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G D8 · B 69

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