What color is #798D75?

#798D75 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Toad. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #798D75?

The RGB value is 121, 141, 117: 121 red, 141 green and 117 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #798D75?

The complementary color is #89758D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #798D75?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.88:1 and white text 3.57:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#798D75 color

#798D75 rgb(121, 141, 117)

Shades of green

The hex color #798D75 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 55.3% green and 45.9% blue (121, 141, 117).

Its hue angle is 110°, with 10% saturation and 51% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 45% black.

The closest named color is Toad (#748D70), a difference of 2.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.88:1).

#798D75 color codes

HEX	`#798D75`
RGB	`rgb(121, 141, 117)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 55.3%, 45.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(110, 10%, 51%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(110, 17%, 55%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(14%, 0%, 17%, 45%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(56.48, -12, 10.44)`
CIE LCH	`lch(56.48, 15.9, 138.97)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(20.62, 24.399, 20.449)`
Decimal	`7966069`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #798D75, 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 #798D75	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.88:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.57:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#798D75 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.57:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.88:1	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 #798D75 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #798d75; }
.text { color: #798d75; }
.border { border: 2px solid #798d75; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 141 117 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #798d75, #758d7d); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #798D75?: #798D75 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Toad. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #798D75?: The RGB value is 121, 141, 117: 121 red, 141 green and 117 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #798D75?: The complementary color is #89758D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #798D75?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.88:1 and white text 3.57:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.