#16AF16

A dark, vivid green closely aligning with Limegreen.

About #16AF16

The hex code #16AF16 represents a beautifully specific shade of green. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Limegreen. In the RGB color space, it consists of 22 red, 175 green, and 22 blue.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 87% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 120.0° hue, 77.7% saturation, and 38.6% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#16AF16
RGB22, 175, 22
HSL120.0°, 77.7%, 38.6%
CMYK87%, 0%, 87%, 31%
HSV120.0°, 87.4%, 68.6%
LAB62.4, -63.0, 59.6
XYZ15.8, 30.9, 5.9
Decimal1486614

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.93:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
7.18:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.80:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
6.10:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #16AF16; }
.text-color { color: #16AF16; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #16AF16; }

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