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Recognised as Colour

#79DB28

  • #79DB28
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#79DB28 is a green with RGB values 121, 219, 40 and HSL 93°, 71%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#79DB28#79DB28
HEX#79DB28
RGBrgb(121, 219, 40)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8588, 0.1569
RGB percentages47.5%, 85.9%, 15.7%
HSLhsl(92.8, 71.3%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(92.8, 81.7%, 85.9%)
CMYK44.7%, 0%, 81.7%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,985,960
CSS custom property--colour: #79DB28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.98:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#8624D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3C900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6C13Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original
Tritanopia#76D2BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 16.2Green yellow · ΔE 17.2Yellow green · ΔE 18.6Lawn green · ΔE 20.9Chartreuse · ΔE 22Spring green · ΔE 33.4
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 16.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A28DB
Analogous#D3DB28, #28DB31
Triadic#2879DB, #DB2879
Split complementary#3028DB, #DB28D3
Tetradic#28D3DB, #8A28DB, #DB3028

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6F8D7
Lighter +30%#CBF1AB
Lighter +20%#AFEA7F
Lighter +10%#94E254
Darker −10%#61B21E
Darker −20%#498617
Darker −30%#315B0F
Darker −40%#1A2F08
More saturated +25%#76FA09
Less saturated −25%#7CBC47

Channel breakdown

R121
G219
B40
Red121 (47.5%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue40 (15.7%)
Hue92.85°
Saturation (HSL)71.31%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G DB · B 28

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