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#00ff00

Lime Color

Web safe Greens

A vivid yellow-green named after the citrus fruit, though the fruit itself usually reads as a deeper green.

Nearest Tailwind class lime-400 #9ae600 · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#00ff00

RGB

rgb(0, 255, 0)

HSL

hsl(120, 100%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(120, 100%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 0%, 100%, 0%)

LAB

lab(87.73, -86.18, 83.18)

LCH

lch(87.73, 119.77, 136.01)

OKLCH

oklch(86.6%, 0.2948, 142.5)

HWB

hwb(120, 0%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff00ff

Analogous

#80ff00

#00ff00

#00ff80

Triadic

#00ff00

#0000ff

#ff0000

Split-complementary

#00ff00

#8000ff

#ff0080

Tetradic

#00ff00

#00ffff

#ff00ff

#ff0000

Square

#00ff00

#0080ff

#ff00ff

#ff8000

Shades

Lime Color mixed toward black.

#00d500

#00aa00

#008000

#005500

#002a00

Tints

Lime Color mixed toward white.

#2aff2a

#55ff55

#80ff80

#aaffaa

#d5ffd5

Tones

Lime Color mixed toward gray.

#15ea15

#2ad52a

#40bf40

#55aa55

#6a956a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b187 · ΔE 28.1

Deuteranopia

#a59595 · ΔE 45.9

Tritanopia

#3fb0b7 · ΔE 39.6

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 32.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #00ff00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00ff00]

Related colors

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Green #008000

Honeydew #f0fff0

Frequently asked questions

Lime (#00ff00) is rgb(0, 255, 0) in RGB.

Yes, #00ff00 is one of the 216 web-safe colors — every channel is a multiple of 51.

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