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Colour

#79EC8B

  • #79EC8B
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light green

#79EC8B is a green with RGB values 121, 236, 139 and HSL 129°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#79EC8B#79EC8B
HEX#79EC8B
RGBrgb(121, 236, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.9255, 0.5451
RGB percentages47.5%, 92.5%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(129.4, 75.2%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(129.4, 48.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK48.7%, 0%, 41.1%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,990,411
CSS custom property--colour: #79EC8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6592WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.18:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#861374

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EFDB84no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#DED091no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Tritanopia#65E8D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 6.6Pale green · ΔE 7.4Medium spring green · ΔE 18.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 23.9Spring green · ΔE 26.4Aquamarine · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 6.56, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC79DA
Analogous#A0EC79, #79ECC5
Triadic#8B79EC, #EC8B79
Split complementary#C579EC, #EC79A0
Tetradic#79A0EC, #EC79DA, #ECC579

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D2F9D8
Lighter +10%#A6F2B2
Darker −10%#4CE664
Darker −20%#20DF3E
Darker −30%#19B331
Darker −40%#138625
More saturated +25%#66FF7E
Less saturated −25%#8CD998

Channel breakdown

R121
G236
B139
Red121 (47.5%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue129.39°
Saturation (HSL)75.16%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G EC · B 8B

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