What color is #79927B?

#79927B is a grayish green, closest to the named color Toad. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #79927B?

The RGB value is 121, 146, 123: 121 red, 146 green and 123 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #79927B?

The complementary color is #927990, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #79927B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.21:1 and white text 3.38:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#79927B color

#79927B rgb(121, 146, 123)

Shades of green

The hex color #79927B is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 57.3% green and 48.2% blue (121, 146, 123).

Its hue angle is 125°, with 10% saturation and 52% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 43% black.

The closest named color is Toad (#748D70), a difference of 2.8 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.21:1).

#79927B color codes

HEX	`#79927B`
RGB	`rgb(121, 146, 123)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 57.3%, 48.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(125, 10%, 52%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(125, 17%, 57%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(17%, 0%, 16%, 43%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(58.09, -13.57, 9.29)`
CIE LCH	`lch(58.09, 16.44, 145.61)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(21.738, 26.052, 22.618)`
Decimal	`7967355`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #79927B, 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 #79927B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.21:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.38:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#79927B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.38:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.21:1	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 #79927B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #79927b; }
.text { color: #79927b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79927b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 146 123 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #79927b, #799287); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #79927B?: #79927B is a grayish green, closest to the named color Toad. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #79927B?: The RGB value is 121, 146, 123: 121 red, 146 green and 123 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #79927B?: The complementary color is #927990, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #79927B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.21:1 and white text 3.38:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.