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Recognised as Colour

#79E99B

  • #79E99B
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light green

#79E99B is a green with RGB values 121, 233, 155 and HSL 138°, 72%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#79E99B#79E99B
HEX#79E99B
RGBrgb(121, 233, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.9137, 0.6078
RGB percentages47.5%, 91.4%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(138.2, 71.8%, 69.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(138.2, 48.1%, 91.4%)
CMYK48.1%, 0%, 33.5%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,989,659
CSS custom property--colour: #79E99B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.94:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#861664

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAD996no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9CEA0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Tritanopia#61E6D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 9.3Pale green · ΔE 12.1Medium seagreen · ΔE 19.5Aquamarine · ΔE 20.4Medium spring green · ΔE 22.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E979C7
Analogous#8FE979, #79E9D3
Triadic#9B79E9, #E99B79
Split complementary#D379E9, #E9798F
Tetradic#798FE9, #E979C7, #E9D379

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFFFD
Lighter +20%#D1F7DC
Lighter +10%#A5F0BC
Darker −10%#4DE27A
Darker −20%#24D85A
Darker −30%#1CAD48
Darker −40%#158136
More saturated +25%#66FD93
Less saturated −25%#8DD6A3

Channel breakdown

R121
G233
B155
Red121 (47.5%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue138.21°
Saturation (HSL)71.79%
Lightness69.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G E9 · B 9B

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