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Recognised as Colour

#79DA2A

  • #79DA2A
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#79DA2A is a green with RGB values 121, 218, 42 and HSL 93°, 70%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#79DA2A#79DA2A
HEX#79DA2A
RGBrgb(121, 218, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8549, 0.1647
RGB percentages47.5%, 85.5%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(93.1, 70.4%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(93.1, 80.7%, 85.5%)
CMYK44.5%, 0%, 80.7%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,985,706
CSS custom property--colour: #79DA2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54375WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.87:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#8625D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2C800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5C03Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original
Tritanopia#76D1BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 15.9Green yellow · ΔE 17.8Yellow green · ΔE 17.9Lawn green · ΔE 21.8Chartreuse · ΔE 22.9Spring green · ΔE 33.2
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 15.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B2ADA
Analogous#D1DA2A, #2ADA33
Triadic#2A79DA, #DA2A79
Split complementary#332ADA, #DA2AD1
Tetradic#2AD1DA, #8B2ADA, #DA332A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6F8D8
Lighter +30%#CBF1AC
Lighter +20%#B0E981
Lighter +10%#94E255
Darker −10%#61B21F
Darker −20%#498717
Darker −30%#325B10
Darker −40%#1A3008
More saturated +25%#76F90B
Less saturated −25%#7CBB49

Channel breakdown

R121
G218
B42
Red121 (47.5%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue93.07°
Saturation (HSL)70.4%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G DA · B 2A

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