#79B279#79B279

#79B279 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.101 H 144.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B279
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 121)
HSL	hsl(120, 27%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(120, 32%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 0%, 32%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -30.15, 23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 38.17, 142.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0822 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.101 144.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2556, 37.2850, 23.8461)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B279 #B279B2

analogous

#95B279 #79B279 #79B295

triadic

#79B279 #7979B2 #B27979

tetradic

#79B279 #7995B2 #B279B2 #B29579

square

#79B279 #7995B2 #B279B2 #B29579

split-complementary

#79B279 #9579B2 #B27995

monochromatic

#407040 #579757 #79B279 #A0C8A0 #C7DFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#79B279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#79B279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B279

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B279	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.101 144.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c9a0',
    500: '#79b279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b279;
$custom-light: #a1c9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 27.014,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70914,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 144.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B279

secondary

#CFB8CF

accent

#64C3C3

background

#FAFCF9

surface

#F3F8F2

border

#CDD1CC

text

#0F130E

muted

#7F827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B279

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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