Information about Lime color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #BFFF00 reads as a intensely saturated chartreuse and sits on the lighter side of the spectrum. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Greeny Yellow (#C6F808). Nearby in the Register you will also find Electric Lime (#CCFF00) and Greenish Yellow (#CDFD02).
In RGB terms — rgb(191, 255, 0) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 17.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.2:1. The name "Lime" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Lime color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Lime color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Lime color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Lime color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Lime color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Lime color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Lime color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Lime
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#C6F808
#CCFF00
#CDFD02
#CEFF00
#CFFF04
#BBF90F
#ADF802
#D4F900
#A7FC00
#D0FF14
#CAE700
#9FFF00
Lime color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BFFF00
- RGB191, 255, 0
- CMYK25, 0, 100, 0
- CSSrgb(191, 255, 0)
- HSL75°, 100%, 50%
- HSL Precise75.059°, 100%, 50%
- HSV75°, 100%, 100%
- HSB75°, 100%, 100%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.749
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)1.000
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.000
- GLSLvec3(0.749, 1.000, 0.000)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.749, 1.000, 0.000, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.749, 1.000, 0.000)
- Percentage of Red in RGB74.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB100%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB0%
- Color FamilyChartreuse
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDBFFF00
- DECIMAL ID12582656
- Name Length4
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