What color is #79A686?

#79A686 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Green Goddess. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #79A686?

The RGB value is 121, 166, 134: 121 red, 166 green and 134 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #79A686?

The complementary color is #A67999, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #79A686?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.61:1 and white text 2.76:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#79A686 color

#79A686 rgb(121, 166, 134)

Shades of green

The hex color #79A686 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 65.1% green and 52.5% blue (121, 166, 134).

Its hue angle is 137°, with 20% saturation and 56% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 27% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 35% black.

The closest named color is Green Goddess (#76AD83), a difference of 3.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.61:1).

#79A686 color codes

HEX	`#79A686`
RGB	`rgb(121, 166, 134)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 65.1%, 52.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(137, 20%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(137, 27%, 65%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(27%, 0%, 19%, 35%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(64.21, -21.88, 11.76)`
CIE LCH	`lch(64.21, 24.84, 151.75)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.823, 33.058, 27.57)`
Decimal	`7972486`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #79A686, 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 #79A686	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.61:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.76:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#79A686 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.76:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.61:1	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 #79A686 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #79a686; }
.text { color: #79a686; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79a686; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 166 134 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #79a686, #79a69d); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Dark Sea Green.

Questions

What color is #79A686?: #79A686 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Green Goddess. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #79A686?: The RGB value is 121, 166, 134: 121 red, 166 green and 134 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #79A686?: The complementary color is #A67999, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #79A686?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.61:1 and white text 2.76:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.