What color is #79A599?

#79A599 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Emerald Oasis. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #79A599?

The RGB value is 121, 165, 153: 121 red, 165 green and 153 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #79A599?

The complementary color is #A57985, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #79A599?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.66:1 and white text 2.74:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#79A599 color

#79A599 rgb(121, 165, 153)

Shades of green

The hex color #79A599 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 64.7% green and 60% blue (121, 165, 153).

Its hue angle is 164°, with 20% saturation and 56% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 27% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 35% black.

The closest named color is Emerald Oasis (#67A195), a difference of 3.4 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.66:1).

#79A599 color codes

HEX	`#79A599`
RGB	`rgb(121, 165, 153)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 64.7%, 60%)`
HSL	`hsl(164, 20%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(164, 27%, 65%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(27%, 0%, 7%, 35%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(64.38, -17.43, 1.42)`
CIE LCH	`lch(64.38, 17.49, 175.34)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(27.088, 33.274, 35.126)`
Decimal	`7972249`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #79A599, 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 #79A599	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.66:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.74:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#79A599 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.74:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.66:1	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 #79A599 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #79a599; }
.text { color: #79a599; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79a599; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 165 153 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #79a599, #799ba5); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Cadet Blue.

Questions

What color is #79A599?: #79A599 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Emerald Oasis. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #79A599?: The RGB value is 121, 165, 153: 121 red, 165 green and 153 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #79A599?: The complementary color is #A57985, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #79A599?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.66:1 and white text 2.74:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.