What color is #799A76?

#799A76 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Money. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #799A76?

The RGB value is 121, 154, 118: 121 red, 154 green and 118 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #799A76?

The complementary color is #97769A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #799A76?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.7:1 and white text 3.14:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#799A76 color

#799A76 rgb(121, 154, 118)

Shades of green

The hex color #799A76 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 60.4% green and 46.3% blue (121, 154, 118).

Its hue angle is 115°, with 15% saturation and 53% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 23% yellow and 40% black.

The closest named color is Money (#7B9A6D), a difference of 2.7 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.7:1).

#799A76 color codes

HEX	`#799A76`
RGB	`rgb(121, 154, 118)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 60.4%, 46.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(115, 15%, 53%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(115, 23%, 60%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(21%, 0%, 23%, 40%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(60.32, -18.72, 15.24)`
CIE LCH	`lch(60.32, 24.14, 140.84)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(22.71, 28.484, 21.437)`
Decimal	`7969398`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #799A76, 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 #799A76	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.7:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.14:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#799A76 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.14:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.7:1	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 #799A76 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #799a76; }
.text { color: #799a76; }
.border { border: 2px solid #799a76; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 154 118 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #799a76, #769a85); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #799A76?: #799A76 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Money. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #799A76?: The RGB value is 121, 154, 118: 121 red, 154 green and 118 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #799A76?: The complementary color is #97769A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #799A76?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.7:1 and white text 3.14:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.