What color is #79A38B?

#79A38B is a grayish green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #79A38B?

The RGB value is 121, 163, 139: 121 red, 163 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #79A38B?

The complementary color is #A37991, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #79A38B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.42:1 and white text 2.83:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#79A38B color

#79A38B rgb(121, 163, 139)

Shades of green

The hex color #79A38B is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 63.9% green and 54.5% blue (121, 163, 139).

Its hue angle is 146°, with 19% saturation and 56% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 26% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 36% black.

The closest named color is Catnip (#80AA95), a difference of 2.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.42:1).

#79A38B color codes

HEX	`#79A38B`
RGB	`rgb(121, 163, 139)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 63.9%, 54.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(146, 19%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(146, 26%, 64%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(26%, 0%, 15%, 36%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.44, -19.36, 7.89)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.44, 20.9, 157.81)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.641, 32.122, 29.27)`
Decimal	`7971723`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #79A38B, 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 #79A38B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.42:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.83:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#79A38B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.83:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.42:1	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 #79A38B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #79a38b; }
.text { color: #79a38b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79a38b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 163 139 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #79a38b, #79a3a0); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Dark Sea Green.

Questions

What color is #79A38B?: #79A38B is a grayish green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #79A38B?: The RGB value is 121, 163, 139: 121 red, 163 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #79A38B?: The complementary color is #A37991, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #79A38B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.42:1 and white text 2.83:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.