#79B970#79B970

#79B970 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.122 H 141.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B970
RGB	rgb(121, 185, 112)
HSL	hsl(113, 34%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(113, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 0%, 39.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -34.88, 30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 46.48, 138.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0952 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.122 141.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1577, 39.9314, 21.5500)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B970 #B070B9

analogous

#9DB970 #79B970 #70B98B

triadic

#79B970 #7079B9 #B97079

tetradic

#79B970 #709DB9 #B070B9 #B98B70

square

#79B970 #709DB9 #B070B9 #B98B70

split-complementary

#79B970 #8B70B9 #B9709D

monochromatic

#417539 #579E4D #79B970 #A0CD99 #C6E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#79B970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#79B970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B970

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B970	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAD6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 185, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.122 141.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2ce9a',
    500: '#79b970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b970;
$custom-light: #a2ce9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 112.603,
    "s": 34.272,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72427,
    "c": 0.12177,
    "h": 141.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B970

secondary

#CDB4D1

accent

#5DCABD

background

#FAFCF9

surface

#F4F9F2

border

#CED2CC

text

#0F130E

muted

#7F827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B970

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

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