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Recognised as Colour

#79FA2A

  • #79FA2A
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lawn green

#79FA2A is a green with RGB values 121, 250, 42 and HSL 97°, 95%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lawn green.

Colour values

#79FA2A#79FA2A
HEX#79FA2A
RGBrgb(121, 250, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.9804, 0.1647
RGB percentages47.5%, 98%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(97.2, 95.4%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(97.2, 83.2%, 98%)
CMYK51.6%, 0%, 83.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,993,898
CSS custom property--colour: #79FA2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.52:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#8605D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#F2DA46no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.2 from the original
Tritanopia#70F1D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lawn green · ΔE 6.1Chartreuse · ΔE 7.1Green yellow · ΔE 15.3Lime · ΔE 19.6Limegreen · ΔE 23.4Spring green · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourLawn green (#7CFC00)ΔE 6.14, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB2AFA
Analogous#E1FA2A, #2AFA43
Triadic#2A79FA, #FA2A79
Split complementary#432AFA, #FA2AE1
Tetradic#2AE1FA, #AB2AFA, #FA432A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6FFF1
Lighter +30%#D7FEBF
Lighter +20%#B8FC8E
Lighter +10%#98FB5C
Darker −10%#5DEB06
Darker −20%#49BA04
Darker −30%#368803
Darker −40%#225602
More saturated +25%#78FF25
Less saturated −25%#80DF45

Channel breakdown

R121
G250
B42
Red121 (47.5%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue97.21°
Saturation (HSL)95.41%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G FA · B 2A

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