#16BD00

A dark, vivid green closely aligning with Limegreen.

About #16BD00

Visually, #16BD00 is defined as a vivid green. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Limegreen. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 22, 189, and 0.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 88% cyan and 0% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Because it is a dark color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#16BD00
RGB22, 189, 0
HSL113.0°, 100.0%, 37.1%
CMYK88%, 0%, 100%, 26%
HSV113.0°, 100.0%, 74.1%
LAB66.9, -67.6, 66.6
XYZ18.5, 36.6, 6.1
Decimal1490176

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.53:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
8.31:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.41:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
7.07:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #16BD00; }
.text-color { color: #16BD00; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #16BD00; }

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