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Recognised as Colour

#79D901

  • #79D901
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Green yellow

#79D901 is a green with RGB values 121, 217, 1 and HSL 87°, 99%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#79D901#79D901
HEX#79D901
RGBrgb(121, 217, 1)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.851, 0.0039
RGB percentages47.5%, 85.1%, 0.4%
HSLhsl(86.7, 99.1%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(86.7, 99.5%, 85.1%)
CMYK44.2%, 0%, 99.5%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,985,409
CSS custom property--colour: #79D901;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53693WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.74:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#8626FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2C600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5BF2Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Tritanopia#78D0B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 15.1Lawn green · ΔE 18Chartreuse · ΔE 19.1Limegreen · ΔE 19.6Yellow green · ΔE 20.7Lime · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 15.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6101D9
Analogous#D9CD01, #0DD901
Triadic#0179D9, #D90179
Split complementary#010DD9, #CD01D9
Tetradic#01D9CD, #6101D9, #D9010D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8FFA7
Lighter +30%#C1FE75
Lighter +20%#AAFE42
Lighter +10%#94FE0F
Darker −10%#5DA601
Darker −20%#407301
Darker −30%#244100
Darker −40%#080E00
More saturated +25%#79DA00
Less saturated −25%#76BE1C

Channel breakdown

R121
G217
B1
Red121 (47.5%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue1 (0.4%)
Hue86.67°
Saturation (HSL)99.08%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G D9 · B 01

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