HEX Color #16E933 (Limegreen)

About #16E933

At its core, #16E933 is a medium and vivid hue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Limegreen. Its digital footprint relies on 22 parts red, 233 parts green, and 51 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 91% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 128.2° hue, 82.7% saturation, and 50.0% lightness.

From a UX and accessibility standpoint, contrast is paramount. 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#16E933

RGB22, 233, 51

HSL128.2°, 82.7%, 50.0%

CMYK91%, 0%, 78%, 9%

HSV128.2°, 90.6%, 91.4%

LAB81.1, -77.9, 69.3

XYZ30.1, 58.7, 12.9

Decimal1501491

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#16E933 #E916CB

Analogous

#62E916 #16E99C

Triadic

#3216E9 #E93316

Tetradic

#1662E9 #E916CB #E99C16

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#16E933

#2FEB49

#49ED60

#63F077

#7DF28D

#97F5A4

#B1F7BB

#CBFAD1

#E5FCE8

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#16E933

#13CF2D

#11B527

#0E9B22

#0C811C

#096716

#074D11

#04330B

#021905

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.65:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

12.74:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.58:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

10.83:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #16E933; }

.text-color { color: #16E933; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #16E933; }

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Limegreen

#32CD32