What color is #779E7A?

#779E7A is a grayish green, closest to the named color Money. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #779E7A?

The RGB value is 119, 158, 122: 119 red, 158 green and 122 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #779E7A?

The complementary color is #9E779B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #779E7A?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.96:1 and white text 3.02:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#779E7A color

#779E7A rgb(119, 158, 122)

Shades of green

The hex color #779E7A is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 46.7% red, 62% green and 47.8% blue (119, 158, 122).

Its hue angle is 125°, with 17% saturation and 54% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 23% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Money (#7B9A6D), a difference of 3.6 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.96:1).

#779E7A color codes

HEX	`#779E7A`
RGB	`rgb(119, 158, 122)`
RGB percent	`rgb(46.7%, 62%, 47.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(125, 17%, 54%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(125, 25%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(25%, 0%, 23%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(61.46, -20.76, 14.57)`
CIE LCH	`lch(61.46, 25.37, 144.93)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(23.346, 29.78, 22.927)`
Decimal	`7839354`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #779E7A, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #779E7A	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.96:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.02:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#779E7A as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.02:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.96:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #779E7A looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #779e7a; }
.text { color: #779e7a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #779e7a; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(119 158 122 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #779e7a, #779e8e); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #779E7A?: #779E7A is a grayish green, closest to the named color Money. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #779E7A?: The RGB value is 119, 158, 122: 119 red, 158 green and 122 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #779E7A?: The complementary color is #9E779B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #779E7A?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.96:1 and white text 3.02:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.