#7CB342 colour

#7CB342 is a muted yellow green close to CSS mediumseagreen. RGB 124, 179, 66, HSL 89, 46%, 48%. Black text passes AAA (8.38:1), white fails (2.50:1).

#7CB342

Nearest CSS name: mediumseagreen #3cb371 (not an exact match)
Described as: a muted yellow green
Red, green, blue: 124, 179, 66
Material 2014: Light Green 600
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.3692 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#7cb342`
RGB	`rgb(124, 179, 66)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(48.6% 70.2% 25.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(89.2, 46.1%, 48%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(89.2, 63.1%, 70.2%)`
HWB	`hwb(89.2 25.9% 29.8%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(31%, 0%, 63%, 30%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(67.37% -32.55 49.81)`
OKLCH	`oklch(70.49% 0.1553 131.38)`
Decimal	`8172354`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 2.50:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 8.38:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	2.50:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	8.38:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #7CB342 (8.38:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#88ba53 18%#94c164 27%#a0c876 36%#accf87 45%#b8d698 55%#c3dca9 64%#cfe3ba 73%#dbeacb 82%#e7f1dd 91%#f3f8ee

9%#71a33c 18%#659236 27%#5a8230 36%#4f722a 45%#446224 55%#38511e 64%#2d4118 73%#223112 82%#17210c 91%#0b1006

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#7cb342 #7942b3

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#b3b242 #7cb342 #44b342

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#7cb342 #427cb3 #b3427c

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#7cb342 #4243b3 #b242b3

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#7cb342 #42b3b2 #7942b3 #b34243

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#7cb342 Protanopia#bba634 Deuteranopia#b3a24b Tritanopia#7eac9b Achromatopsia#a4a4a4

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

Material Light Green palette

50#f1f8e9 100#dcedc8 200#c5e1a5 300#aed581 400#9ccc65 500#8bc34a 600#7cb342 700#689f38 800#558b2f 900#33691e A100#ccff90 A200#b2ff59 A400#76ff03 A700#64dd17

CSS

Text colour	`color: #7cb342;`
Background	`background-color: #7cb342;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #7cb342;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(124 179 66 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #7cb342;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7cb342, #4a6b28);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #b0d18e, #7cb342);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #7cb342; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #7CB342 to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.