HEX Color #42F00F (Lime)

About #42F00F

At its core, #42F00F is a medium and vivid hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Lime. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 66, 240, and 15.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). Its ink density profile breaks down to 72% cyan, 0% magenta, 94% yellow, and 6% black. With a hue angle of 106.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the green spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#42F00F

RGB66, 240, 15

HSL106.4°, 88.2%, 50.0%

CMYK72%, 0%, 94%, 6%

HSV106.4°, 93.8%, 94.1%

LAB83.7, -76.6, 78.9

XYZ33.5, 63.5, 10.9

Decimal4386831

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#42F00F #BC0FF0

Analogous

#B2F00F #0FF04C

Triadic

#0F41F0 #F00F42

Tetradic

#0FB2F0 #BC0FF0 #F04C0F

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#42F00F

#57F129

#6CF344

#81F55F

#96F679

#ABF894

#C0FAAF

#D5FBC9

#EAFDE4

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#42F00F

#3AD50D

#33BA0B

#2CA00A

#248508

#1D6A06

#165005

#0E3503

#071A01

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.53:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

13.70:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.46:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

11.65:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #42F00F; }

.text-color { color: #42F00F; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #42F00F; }

Similar Colors

Lime

#00FF00