What color is #799F95?

#799F95 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Japanese Bonsai. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #799F95?

The RGB value is 121, 159, 149: 121 red, 159 green and 149 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #799F95?

The complementary color is #9F7983, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #799F95?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.21:1 and white text 2.91:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#799F95 color

#799F95 rgb(121, 159, 149)

Shades of green

The hex color #799F95 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 62.4% green and 58.4% blue (121, 159, 149).

Its hue angle is 164°, with 17% saturation and 55% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Japanese Bonsai (#829F96), a difference of 2.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.21:1).

#799F95 color codes

HEX	`#799F95`
RGB	`rgb(121, 159, 149)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 62.4%, 58.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(164, 17%, 55%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(164, 24%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(24%, 0%, 6%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(62.53, -15.16, 0.97)`
CIE LCH	`lch(62.53, 15.19, 176.32)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.706, 31.03, 33.063)`
Decimal	`7970709`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #799F95, 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 #799F95	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.21:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.91:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#799F95 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.91:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.21:1	Pass	Pass	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 #799F95 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #799f95; }
.text { color: #799f95; }
.border { border: 2px solid #799f95; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 159 149 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #799f95, #79969f); }

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Questions

What color is #799F95?: #799F95 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Japanese Bonsai. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #799F95?: The RGB value is 121, 159, 149: 121 red, 159 green and 149 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #799F95?: The complementary color is #9F7983, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #799F95?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.21:1 and white text 2.91:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.