HEX Color #49BD0F (Limegreen)

About #49BD0F

At its core, #49BD0F is a medium and vivid hue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Limegreen. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 73, 189, and 15.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 61% 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 medium 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#49BD0F

RGB73, 189, 15

HSL100.0°, 85.3%, 40.0%

CMYK61%, 0%, 92%, 26%

HSV100.0°, 92.1%, 74.1%

LAB67.9, -59.2, 65.9

XYZ21.0, 37.8, 6.6

Decimal4832527

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#49BD0F #830FBD

Analogous

#9FBD0F #0FBD2C

Triadic

#0F48BD #BD0F48

Tetradic

#0F9FBD #830FBD #BD2C0F

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#49BD0F

#5DC429

#71CB44

#85D35F

#99DA79

#AEE194

#C2E9AF

#D6F0C9

#EAF7E4

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#49BD0F

#40A80D

#38930B

#307E0A

#286908

#205406

#183F05

#102A03

#081501

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.45:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

8.57:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.34:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.28:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #49BD0F; }

.text-color { color: #49BD0F; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #49BD0F; }

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