What color is #798F77?

#798F77 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Toad. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #798F77?

The RGB value is 121, 143, 119: 121 red, 143 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #798F77?

The complementary color is #8D778F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #798F77?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.01:1 and white text 3.5:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#798F77 color

#798F77 rgb(121, 143, 119)

Shades of green

The hex color #798F77 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 56.1% green and 46.7% blue (121, 143, 119).

Its hue angle is 115°, with 10% saturation and 51% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 44% black.

The closest named color is Toad (#748D70), a difference of 2.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.01:1).

#798F77 color codes

HEX	`#798F77`
RGB	`rgb(121, 143, 119)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 56.1%, 46.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(115, 10%, 51%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(115, 17%, 56%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(15%, 0%, 17%, 44%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(57.12, -12.71, 10.19)`
CIE LCH	`lch(57.12, 16.29, 141.28)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(21.037, 25.041, 21.174)`
Decimal	`7966583`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #798F77, 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 #798F77	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.01:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.5:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#798F77 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.5:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.01:1	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 #798F77 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #798f77; }
.text { color: #798f77; }
.border { border: 2px solid #798f77; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 143 119 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #798f77, #778f81); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #798F77?: #798F77 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Toad. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #798F77?: The RGB value is 121, 143, 119: 121 red, 143 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #798F77?: The complementary color is #8D778F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #798F77?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.01:1 and white text 3.5:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.