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Recognised as Colour

#79EE9E

  • #79EE9E
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light green

#79EE9E is a green with RGB values 121, 238, 158 and HSL 139°, 77%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#79EE9E#79EE9E
HEX#79EE9E
RGBrgb(121, 238, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.9333, 0.6196
RGB percentages47.5%, 93.3%, 62%
HSLhsl(139, 77.5%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(139, 49.2%, 93.3%)
CMYK49.2%, 0%, 33.6%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,990,942
CSS custom property--colour: #79EE9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67683WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.54:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#861161

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EEDE99no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#DED2A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Tritanopia#5FEBD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 9.1Pale green · ΔE 11.1Aquamarine · ΔE 20.6Medium spring green · ΔE 20.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 9.12, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE79C9
Analogous#8EEE79, #79EED9
Triadic#9E79EE, #EE9E79
Split complementary#D979EE, #EE798E
Tetradic#798EEE, #EE79C9, #EED979

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D4F9E0
Lighter +10%#A6F4BF
Darker −10%#4CE87D
Darker −20%#1EE35C
Darker −30%#17B74A
Darker −40%#118A37
More saturated +25%#68FF98
Less saturated −25%#8CDBA5

Channel breakdown

R121
G238
B158
Red121 (47.5%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue138.97°
Saturation (HSL)77.48%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G EE · B 9E

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