HEX Color #16BD49 (Limegreen)

About #16BD49

Visually, #16BD49 is defined as a vivid green. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Limegreen. In the RGB color space, it consists of 22 red, 189 green, and 73 blue.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. Its ink density profile breaks down to 88% cyan, 0% magenta, 61% yellow, and 26% black. With a hue angle of 138.3 degrees, it sits comfortably in the green spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#16BD49

RGB22, 189, 73

HSL138.3°, 79.1%, 41.4%

CMYK88%, 0%, 61%, 26%

HSV138.3°, 88.4%, 74.1%

LAB67.3, -63.0, 46.7

XYZ19.7, 37.0, 12.4

Decimal1490249

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#16BD49 #BD168A

Analogous

#36BD16 #16BD9C

Triadic

#4816BD #BD4816

Tetradic

#1636BD #BD168A #BD9C16

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#16BD49

#2FC45D

#49CB71

#63D385

#7DDA99

#97E1AE

#B1E9C2

#CBF0D6

#E5F7EA

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#16BD49

#13A840

#119338

#0E7E30

#0C6928

#095420

#073F18

#042A10

#021508

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.50:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

8.41:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.39:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.15:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #16BD49; }

.text-color { color: #16BD49; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #16BD49; }

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