HEX Color #42C51D (Limegreen)

About #42C51D

When working with digital screens, the color #42C51D is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Limegreen. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 66, 197, and 29.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. Its ink density profile breaks down to 66% cyan, 0% magenta, 85% yellow, and 23% black. The HSL representation is 106.8° hue, 74.3% saturation, and 44.3% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#42C51D

RGB66, 197, 29

HSL106.8°, 74.3%, 44.3%

CMYK66%, 0%, 85%, 23%

HSV106.8°, 85.3%, 77.3%

LAB70.3, -63.0, 65.3

XYZ22.4, 41.2, 7.9

Decimal4375837

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#42C51D #A01DC5

Analogous

#95C51D #1DC54C

Triadic

#1D41C5 #C51D41

Tetradic

#1D96C5 #A01DC5 #C54B1D

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#42C51D

#57CB36

#6CD14F

#81D868

#96DE81

#ABE59A

#C0EBB3

#D5F2CC

#EAF8E5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#42C51D

#3AAF19

#339916

#2C8313

#246D10

#1D570C

#164109

#0E2B06

#071503

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.27:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

9.24:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.17:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.85:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #42C51D; }

.text-color { color: #42C51D; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #42C51D; }

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