Information about #79816E color

#79816E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#79816E falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Desaturated, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(121, 129, 110) — 47.5% red, 50.6% green, 43.1% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 3 / 0 / 7 / 49. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A softly muted balanced grey tone, #79816E carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Camouflage Green (#78866B). Slightly further away sit Tapa (#7C7C72) and Cobblestone (#807F73).

In RGB terms — rgb(121, 129, 110) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #79816E: 5.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.1:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#79816E color variations

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

#79816E color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#79816E color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#79816E color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#79816E color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#79816E 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
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#766E81
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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
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#806E81
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#6E7081
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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
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#81806E
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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
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#6E7981
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#816E79
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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#6E8176
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#766E81
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#816E79
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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#766E81
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#816E70
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Nearest named colors to #79816E

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

Camouflage Green color link
Camouflage Green

#78866B

Tapa color link
Tapa

#7C7C72

Cobblestone color link
Cobblestone

#807F73

Harbor Rat color link
Harbor Rat

#757D75

Montoya color link
Montoya

#777972

Flax Smoke color link
Flax Smoke

#7B8265

Triple Delta color link
Triple Delta

#787973

Gunsmoke color link
Gunsmoke

#7A7C76

Smoke color link
Smoke

#738276

Triple Lemon Grass color link
Triple Lemon Grass

#818068

Half Chicago color link
Half Chicago

#777770

Metallic Titanium color link
Metallic Titanium

#7A7772

#79816E color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#79816E
  • RGB121, 129, 110
  • CMYK3, 0, 7, 49
  • CSSrgb(121, 129, 110)
  • HSL85°, 8%, 47%
  • HSL Precise85.263°, 7.95%, 46.863%
  • HSV85°, 15%, 51%
  • HSB85°, 15%, 51%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.475
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.506
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.431
  • GLSLvec3(0.475, 0.506, 0.431)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.475, 0.506, 0.431, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.475, 0.506, 0.431)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB47.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB50.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB43.1%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID79816E
  • DECIMAL ID7962990
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers53 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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