#42DB57

A medium, moderate green closely aligning with Limegreen.

About #42DB57

When working with digital screens, the color #42DB57 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Limegreen. Its digital footprint relies on 66 parts red, 219 parts green, and 87 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 70% 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. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#42DB57
RGB66, 219, 87
HSL128.2°, 68.0%, 55.9%
CMYK70%, 0%, 60%, 14%
HSV128.2°, 69.9%, 85.9%
LAB77.6, -65.6, 52.4
XYZ29.3, 52.5, 17.6
Decimal4381527

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.83:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
11.50:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.75:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
9.78:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #42DB57; }
.text-color { color: #42DB57; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #42DB57; }

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