HEX Color #42AF16 (Limegreen)

About #42AF16

The precise color #42AF16 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Limegreen. In the RGB color space, it consists of 66 red, 175 green, and 22 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 62% cyan and 0% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a dark 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#42AF16

RGB66, 175, 22

HSL102.7°, 77.7%, 38.6%

CMYK62%, 0%, 87%, 31%

HSV102.7°, 87.4%, 68.6%

LAB63.2, -55.9, 60.6

XYZ17.7, 31.9, 6.0

Decimal4370198

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#42AF16 #8316AF

Analogous

#8EAF16 #16AF36

Triadic

#1642AF #AF1641

Tetradic

#168EAF #8316AF #AF3616

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#42AF16

#57B72F

#6CC049

#81C963

#96D27D

#ABDB97

#C0E4B1

#D5EDCB

#EAF6E5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#42AF16

#3A9B13

#338811

#2C740E

#24610C

#1D4D09

#163A07

#0E2604

#071302

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.85:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

7.38:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.72:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.27:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #42AF16; }

.text-color { color: #42AF16; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #42AF16; }

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