HEX atlas value

#04D242

#04D242 is a cool green HEX color nearest Lime Green. RGB 4, 210, 66, HSL 138° 96% 42%, luminance 0.4651; view contrast and conversions.

green cool vibrant jewel-tone

#04D242 Sample readable text

HEX #04D242

RGB rgb(4, 210, 66)

HSL hsl(138 96% 42%)

CMYK cmyk(98, 0, 69, 18)

Luminance 0.4651

Contrast Black 10.3:1White 2.04:1

CSS

--color-04d242: #04D242;
.background-04d242 { background-color: #04D242; }
.text-04d242 { color: #04D242; }

HEX meaning and use

About #04D242

#04D242 is classified as a cool green value with vibrant and jewel tone visual character. #04D242 is visually closest to Lime Green, a named green color with HEX #32CD32.

The RGB channels are 4, 210, and 66, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 138deg with 96% saturation and 42% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and rich accent palettes. Its luminance is 0.4651, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 48.96, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.3:1AA Pass

White text2.04:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #04D242 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.3:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.04:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

Spring Green#00FF7F · #000000 text · best 15.61:1 Fluorescent Green#08FF08 · #000000 text · best 15.32:1 #37FB72#37FB72 · #000000 text · best 15.2:1 #04D2A9#04D2A9 · #000000 text · best 10.8:1 #00D640#00D640 · #000000 text · best 10.69:1

Generated Palette

#04D242#04D242

#D20494#D20494

#2DD204#2DD204

#04D2A9#04D2A9

#37FB72#37FB72

#027826#027826

Color Harmonies

#D20494#D20494

#2DD204#2DD204

#04D2A9#04D2A9

#4204D2#4204D2

#D24204#D24204

Variants

#37FB72#37FB72

#027826#027826

#00D640#00D640

#1CBA4B#1CBA4B

#67EF90#67EF90

#00FF4D#00FF4D

Nearest Named Colors

Lime Green#32CD32

Jade#00A86B

Shamrock#009E60

Fluorescent Green#08FF08

Spring Green#00FF7F

Luminance0.4651

Black text10.3:1AA Pass

White text2.04:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#04D242","rgb":[4,210,66],"hsl":[138,96,42],"cmyk":[98,0,69,18],"luminance":0.4651,"contrast":{"black":10.3,"white":2.04}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.3,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.04,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"Spring Green","hex":"#00FF7F","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.61,"contrastWhite":1.35,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Fluorescent Green","hex":"#08FF08","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.32,"contrastWhite":1.37,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#37FB72","hex":"#37FB72","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.2,"contrastWhite":1.38,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#04D2A9","hex":"#04D2A9","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.8,"contrastWhite":1.95,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#00D640","hex":"#00D640","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.69,"contrastWhite":1.96,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","vibrant","jewel tone","vibrant green","jewel tone green","Lime Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","rich accent palettes","high-energy accents","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/04d242.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lime-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/jade.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/shamrock.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#D20494","analogous":["#2DD204","#04D2A9"],"triadic":["#4204D2","#D24204"],"tetradic":["#042DD2","#D20494","#D2A904"],"splitComplementary":["#A904D2","#D2042D"],"monochromatic":["#37FB72","#04D242","#027826"]}

Variants

{"light":"#37FB72","dark":"#027826","saturated":"#00D640","desaturated":"#1CBA4B","pastel":"#67EF90","neon":"#00FF4D"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"lime-green","name":"Lime Green","hex":"#32CD32","distance":48.95916665957459},{"slug":"jade","name":"Jade","hex":"#00A86B","distance":58.83026432033091},{"slug":"shamrock","name":"Shamrock","hex":"#009E60","distance":60.166435825965294},{"slug":"fluorescent-green","name":"Fluorescent Green","hex":"#08FF08","distance":73.5187051028512},{"slug":"spring-green","name":"Spring Green","hex":"#00FF7F","distance":75.90783885739337}]

#04D242

CSS

About #04D242

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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