HEX Color #6DE242 (Limegreen)

About #6DE242

The precise color #6DE242 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Limegreen. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 109, 226, and 66.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 52% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 103.9° hue, 73.4% saturation, and 57.3% 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. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#6DE242

RGB109, 226, 66

HSL103.9°, 73.4%, 57.3%

CMYK52%, 0%, 71%, 11%

HSV103.9°, 70.8%, 88.6%

LAB80.8, -60.4, 64.6

XYZ34.5, 58.0, 14.5

Decimal7201346

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#6DE242 #B641E2

Analogous

#BCE241 #41E267

Triadic

#416DE2 #E2416D

Tetradic

#41BCE2 #B641E2 #E26741

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#6DE242

#7DE557

#8DE86C

#9DEB81

#ADEE96

#BEF2AB

#CEF5C0

#DEF8D5

#EEFBEA

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#6DE242

#60C83A

#54AF33

#48962C

#3C7D24

#30641D

#244B16

#18320E

#0C1907

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.67:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

12.61:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.59:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

10.72:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #6DE242; }

.text-color { color: #6DE242; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #6DE242; }

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