#79C079#79C079

#79C079 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.123 H 144.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C079
RGB	rgb(121, 192, 121)
HSL	hsl(120, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(120, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 0%, 37%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -36.68, 28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 46.73, 141.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.1 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.123 144.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1846, 43.1431, 24.8224)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C079 #C079C0

analogous

#9DC079 #79C079 #79C09D

triadic

#79C079 #7979C0 #C07979

tetradic

#79C079 #799DC0 #C079C0 #C09D79

square

#79C079 #799DC0 #C079C0 #C09D79

split-complementary

#79C079 #9D79C0 #C0799D

monochromatic

#3D823D #51AB51 #79C079 #A3D4A3 #CCE7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#79C079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#79C079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C079

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C079	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AD7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 192, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.123 144.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d3a0',
    500: '#79c079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c079;
$custom-light: #a2d3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 36.041,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74285,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 144.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C079

secondary

#D8BDD8

accent

#37AFAF

background

#FAFDF9

surface

#F4FAF2

border

#CED3CC

text

#0F140F

muted

#7F837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C079

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

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