#42C53A

A medium, moderate green closely aligning with Limegreen.

About #42C53A

When working with digital screens, the color #42C53A 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 58.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. Its ink density profile breaks down to 66% cyan, 0% magenta, 71% yellow, and 23% black. The HSL representation is 116.5° hue, 54.5% saturation, and 50.0% lightness.

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#42C53A
RGB66, 197, 58
HSL116.5°, 54.5%, 50.0%
CMYK66%, 0%, 71%, 23%
HSV116.5°, 70.6%, 77.3%
LAB70.5, -61.2, 56.5
XYZ23.0, 41.4, 10.8
Decimal4375866

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.26:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
9.28:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.16:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
7.89:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #42C53A; }
.text-color { color: #42C53A; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #42C53A; }

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