What color is #79C487?

#79C487 is a light, desaturated green, closest to the named color Exhilarating Green. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #79C487?

The RGB value is 121, 196, 135: 121 red, 196 green and 135 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #79C487?

The complementary color is #C479B6, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #79C487?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.06:1 and white text 2.09:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#79C487 color

#79C487 rgb(121, 196, 135)

Shades of green

The hex color #79C487 is a light, desaturated green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 76.9% green and 52.9% blue (121, 196, 135).

Its hue angle is 131°, with 39% saturation and 62% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 38% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 23% black.

The closest named color is Exhilarating Green (#81C784), a difference of 1.9 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 10.06:1).

#79C487 color codes

HEX	`#79C487`
RGB	`rgb(121, 196, 135)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 76.9%, 52.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(131, 39%, 62%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(131, 38%, 77%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(38%, 0%, 31%, 23%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(73.08, -36.16, 23.49)`
CIE LCH	`lch(73.08, 43.12, 146.99)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(31.997, 45.292, 29.973)`
Decimal	`7980167`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #79C487, 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 #79C487	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	10.06:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.09:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#79C487 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.09:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	10.06:1	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 #79C487 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #79c487; }
.text { color: #79c487; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79c487; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 196 135 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #79c487, #79c4ad); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Emerald Green.

Questions

What color is #79C487?: #79C487 is a light, desaturated green, closest to the named color Exhilarating Green. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #79C487?: The RGB value is 121, 196, 135: 121 red, 196 green and 135 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #79C487?: The complementary color is #C479B6, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #79C487?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.06:1 and white text 2.09:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.