What color is #79A98D?

#79A98D is a grayish green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #79A98D?

The RGB value is 121, 169, 141: 121 red, 169 green and 141 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #79A98D?

The complementary color is #A97995, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #79A98D?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.87:1 and white text 2.67:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#79A98D color

#79A98D rgb(121, 169, 141)

Shades of green

The hex color #79A98D is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 66.3% green and 55.3% blue (121, 169, 141).

Its hue angle is 145°, with 22% saturation and 57% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 28% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 34% black.

The closest named color is Catnip (#80AA95), a difference of 2.6 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.87:1).

#79A98D color codes

HEX	`#79A98D`
RGB	`rgb(121, 169, 141)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 66.3%, 55.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(145, 22%, 57%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(145, 28%, 66%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(28%, 0%, 17%, 34%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65.25, -22.02, 9.35)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65.25, 23.92, 156.99)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(26.879, 34.363, 30.411)`
Decimal	`7973261`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #79A98D, 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 #79A98D	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.87:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.67:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#79A98D as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.67:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.87:1	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 #79A98D looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #79a98d; }
.text { color: #79a98d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79a98d; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 169 141 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #79a98d, #79a9a5); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Dark Sea Green.

Questions

What color is #79A98D?: #79A98D is a grayish green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #79A98D?: The RGB value is 121, 169, 141: 121 red, 169 green and 141 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #79A98D?: The complementary color is #A97995, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #79A98D?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.87:1 and white text 2.67:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.