Lime Color
Lime is a green color with hex code #00FF00. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with lime, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Lime Color Values
What Does Lime Mean?
Lime belongs to the green family of colors. Green asks less of the eye than any other family, which is why long reading sessions feel easier on green-tinted backgrounds. The associations run to nature, health, and money, and compared with most hues they hold remarkably steady across cultures. Lime sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Lime is classified as a yellow (nearest centroid: vivid yellow green, #8DB600). It is also known as Green.
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Lime
Lime and #FF00FF are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #80FF00 and #00FF80, which sit beside lime on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair lime with triadic partners #0000FF and #FF0000. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Fluro Green —
#0AFF02(Delta E 0) - Bright Green —
#01FF07(Delta E 1) - Fluorescent Green —
#08FF08(Delta E 1) - Neon Green —
#0CFF0C(Delta E 1) - Highlighter Green —
#1BFC06(Delta E 2)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #00FF00; }
.background { background-color: #00FF00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #00FF00; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #00FF0040; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for lime?
Lime has the hex code #00FF00. In RGB notation it is rgb(0, 255, 0), in HSL it is hsl(120, 100%, 50%), and its OKLCH value is 0.866, 0.295, 142.5.
What does the color lime mean?
Green-family colors like lime carry distinct psychological associations. Lime belongs to the green family of colors. Green asks less of the eye than any other family, which is why long reading sessions feel easier on green-tinted backgrounds. The associations run to nature, health, and money, and compared with most hues they hold remarkably steady across cultures. Lime sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with lime?
Lime has three easy routes: its complement #FF00FF for punch, its neighbors #80FF00 and #00FF80 for something calmer, or triadic partners #0000FF and #FF0000 when you want energy.
Is lime a standard web color?
Yes — Lime is part of the CSS named colors specification, so you can use it directly in CSS as #00FF00 or with the keyword form where supported.
How do I make lime lighter or darker?
To lighten lime, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #D6FFD6 (lightest tint) to #002900 (darkest shade).
About Lime
Lime is classified as a Yellow in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Green hue family. It has alternative names including Green. The color is recognized by CSS3, X11, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #00FF00 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.