What color is #79A077?

#79A077 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Money. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #79A077?

The RGB value is 121, 160, 119: 121 red, 160 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #79A077?

The complementary color is #9E77A0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #79A077?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.11:1 and white text 2.95:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#79A077 color

#79A077 rgb(121, 160, 119)

Shades of green

The hex color #79A077 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 62.7% green and 46.7% blue (121, 160, 119).

Its hue angle is 117°, with 18% saturation and 55% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 26% yellow and 37% black.

The closest named color is Money (#7B9A6D), a difference of 2.9 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.11:1).

#79A077 color codes

HEX	`#79A077`
RGB	`rgb(121, 160, 119)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 62.7%, 46.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(117, 18%, 55%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(117, 26%, 63%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(24%, 0%, 26%, 37%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(62.12, -21.62, 17.16)`
CIE LCH	`lch(62.12, 27.61, 141.56)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(23.785, 30.538, 22.09)`
Decimal	`7970935`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #79A077, 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 #79A077	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.11:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.95:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#79A077 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.95:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.11:1	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 #79A077 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #79a077; }
.text { color: #79a077; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79a077; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 160 119 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #79a077, #77a08a); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #79A077?: #79A077 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Money. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #79A077?: The RGB value is 121, 160, 119: 121 red, 160 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #79A077?: The complementary color is #9E77A0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #79A077?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.11:1 and white text 2.95:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.