HEX Color #16F042 (Limegreen)

About #16F042

The precise color #16F042 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Limegreen. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 22, 240, and 66.

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. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#16F042

RGB22, 240, 66

HSL132.1°, 87.9%, 51.4%

CMYK91%, 0%, 72%, 6%

HSV132.1°, 90.8%, 94.1%

LAB83.4, -78.8, 66.7

XYZ32.5, 62.9, 15.6

Decimal1503298

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#16F042 #EF16C3

Analogous

#56EF16 #16EFAF

Triadic

#4216EF #EF4116

Tetradic

#1656EF #EF16C3 #EFAE16

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#16F042

#2FF157

#49F36C

#63F581

#7DF696

#97F8AB

#B1FAC0

#CBFBD5

#E5FDEA

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#16F042

#13D53A

#11BA33

#0EA02C

#0C8524

#096A1D

#075016

#04350E

#021A07

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.55:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

13.58:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.48:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

11.54:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #16F042; }

.text-color { color: #16F042; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #16F042; }

Similar Colors

Limegreen

#32CD32