What color is #79A796?

#79A796 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #79A796?

The RGB value is 121, 167, 150: 121 red, 167 green and 150 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #79A796?

The complementary color is #A7798A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #79A796?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.78:1 and white text 2.7:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#79A796 color

#79A796 rgb(121, 167, 150)

Shades of green

The hex color #79A796 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 65.5% green and 58.8% blue (121, 167, 150).

Its hue angle is 158°, with 21% saturation and 56% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 28% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 35% black.

The closest named color is Catnip (#80AA95), a difference of 2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.78:1).

#79A796 color codes

HEX	`#79A796`
RGB	`rgb(121, 167, 150)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 65.5%, 58.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(158, 21%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(158, 28%, 65%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(28%, 0%, 10%, 35%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(64.89, -19.12, 3.83)`
CIE LCH	`lch(64.89, 19.5, 168.68)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(27.207, 33.903, 33.959)`
Decimal	`7972758`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #79A796, 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 #79A796	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.78:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.7:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#79A796 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.7:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.78:1	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 #79A796 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #79a796; }
.text { color: #79a796; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79a796; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 167 150 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #79a796, #79a1a7); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Cadet Blue.

Questions

What color is #79A796?: #79A796 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #79A796?: The RGB value is 121, 167, 150: 121 red, 167 green and 150 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #79A796?: The complementary color is #A7798A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #79A796?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.78:1 and white text 2.7:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.