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#78EC79

#78ec79 ≈ Light Green

  • green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#78ec79 is a color from the green family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.06% red, 92.55% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 49.15% cyan, 0% magenta, 48.73% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 120.52°, with 75.32% saturation and 69.8% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with nature, health and balance. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Green (#90ee90), ΔE 3.44.

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Web safe#66ff66
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Relative luminance0.6536

Complementary

  1. #78ec79
  2. #ec78eb

Split complementary

  1. #78ec79
  2. #b378ec
  3. #ec78b1

Analogous

  1. #b1ec78
  2. #78ec79
  3. #78ecb3

Triadic

  1. #78ec79
  2. #7978ec
  3. #ec7978

Tetradic

  1. #78ec79
  2. #78ebec
  3. #ec78eb
  4. #ec7978

Square

  1. #78ec79
  2. #78b1ec
  3. #ec78eb
  4. #ecb378

Monochromatic

  1. #19b21a
  2. #35e336
  3. #78ec79
  4. #bbf5bc
  5. #edfced

Shades

#78ec79 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #78ec79
  2. #6cd46d
  3. #60bd61
  4. #54a555
  5. #488e49
  6. #3c763d
  7. #305e30
  8. #244724
  9. #182f18
  10. #0c180c
  11. #000000

Tints

#78ec79 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #78ec79
  2. #86ee86
  3. #93f094
  4. #a1f2a1
  5. #aef4af
  6. #bcf6bc
  7. #c9f7c9
  8. #d7f9d7
  9. #e4fbe4
  10. #f2fdf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#78ec79 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #78ec79
  2. #79e17a
  3. #7ad67a
  4. #7acc7b
  5. #7bc17c
  6. #7cb67d
  7. #7dab7d
  8. #7ea07e
  9. #7e967f
  10. #7f8b7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6deb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f0da6f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0cf81 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #68e6d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbe173 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfdb7e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6fe9b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-78ec79 {
  color: #78ec79;
}
Background
.bg-78ec79 {
  background-color: #78ec79;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-78ec79 {
  border: 2px solid #78ec79;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #78ec79;
  --color-primary-rgb: 120 236 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 121 75% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-78ec79 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #78ec79, #78ecb3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-78ec79 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(120 236 121 / 0.35);
}

#90ee90 Light Green ΔE 3.44 #77dd77 Pastel Green ΔE 3.52 #98fb98 Pale Green ΔE 4.65 #98ff98 Mint Green ΔE 5.00 #00ff7f Spring Green ΔE 6.22 #0bda51 Malachite ΔE 6.87 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 7.82 #871386 Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Light Green
#78ec79  rgb(120, 236, 121)  hsl(121, 75%, 70%)  Light Green
#ec78eb  rgb(236, 120, 235)  hsl(301, 75%, 70%)  Violet
#7978ec  rgb(121, 120, 236)  hsl(241, 75%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue
#ec7978  rgb(236, 121, 120)  hsl(1, 75%, 70%)  Light Coral