#78f42a

Color #78f42a

A vivid, highly saturated medium green.

Closest named color Lawn Green #7cfc00 · ΔE 8.49 Nearest Tailwind class lime-400 #9ae600 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#78f42a

RGB

rgb(120, 244, 42)

HSL

hsl(96.8, 90.2%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(96.8, 82.8%, 95.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.8%, 0%, 82.8%, 4.3%)

LAB

lab(86.43, -65.24, 77.26)

LCH

lch(86.43, 101.12, 130.18)

OKLCH

oklch(86.2%, 0.2483, 136.96)

HWB

hwb(96.8, 16.5%, 4.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a62af4

Analogous

#ddf42a

#78f42a

#2af441

Triadic

#78f42a

#2a78f4

#f42a78

Split-complementary

#78f42a

#412af4

#f42add

Tetradic

#78f42a

#2af4a6

#a62af4

#f42a78

Square

#78f42a

#2addf4

#a62af4

#f4412a

Shades

Color #78f42a mixed toward black.

#5fe30c

#4cb509

#398807

#265b05

#132d02

Tints

Color #78f42a mixed toward white.

#8ff64e

#a5f871

#bcfa95

#d2fbb8

#e9fddc

Tones

Color #78f42a mixed toward gray.

#7ce33b

#80d24c

#84c25d

#87b16d

#8ba07e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbc86 · ΔE 22.4

Deuteranopia

#b4aa92 · ΔE 30.3

Tritanopia

#82abb1 · ΔE 37.7

Achromatopsia

#d8d8d8 · ΔE 30.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78f42a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78f42a]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#78f42a (#78f42a) is rgb(120, 244, 42) in RGB.

No, #78f42a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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