Information about #78B02A color

#78B02A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#78B02A falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(120, 176, 42) — 47.1% red, 69% green, 16.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 22 / 0 / 53 / 31. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#78B02A is a strongly colored yellow-green that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Lima (#7AAC21). Slightly further away sit Leaf (#71AA34) and Christi (#71A91D).

The recipe behind #78B02A is rgb(120, 176, 42), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #78B02A: 8.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.6:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#78B02A color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#78B02A color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #78B02A

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Lima color link
Lima

#7AAC21

Leaf color link
Leaf

#71AA34

Christi color link
Christi

#71A91D

Sushi color link
Sushi

#7C9F2F

Green Onion color link
Green Onion

#6AA121

Nasty Green color link
Nasty Green

#70B23F

Green Snake color link
Green Snake

#6CBB3C

Icky Green color link
Icky Green

#8FAE22

Dizzy Lizzy color link
Dizzy Lizzy

#81CA2B

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#78B02A
  • RGB120, 176, 42
  • CMYK22, 0, 53, 31
  • CSSrgb(120, 176, 42)
  • HSL85°, 61%, 43%
  • HSL Precise85.075°, 61.468%, 42.745%
  • HSV85°, 76%, 69%
  • HSB85°, 76%, 69%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.471
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.690
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.165
  • GLSLvec3(0.471, 0.690, 0.165)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.471, 0.690, 0.165, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.471, 0.690, 0.165)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB47.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB69%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB16.5%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID78B02A
  • DECIMAL ID7909418
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01