CSS named color

Lime #00FF00

Lime is vivid green. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Lime used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
1.37:1

On white

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✕
Aa The quick brown fox
15.30:1

On black

AA ✓ AAA ✓ AA Large ✓

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Lime — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Lime by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#00FF00 ≈ Lime Green #FF00FF ≈ Deep Pink

Analogous

#80FF00 ≈ Chartreuse #00FF00 ≈ Lime Green #00FF80 ≈ Spring Green

Triadic

#00FF00 ≈ Lime Green #0000FF ≈ Medium Blue #FF0000 ≈ Crimson

Split-complementary

#00FF00 ≈ Lime Green #8000FF ≈ Dark Violet #FF0080 ≈ Deep Pink

Tetradic

#00FF00 ≈ Lime Green #0080FF ≈ Dodger Blue #FF00FF ≈ Deep Pink #FF8000 ≈ Dark Orange

Use Lime in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#00ff00], border-[#00ff00].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Lime into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

Extract a theme →

Similar named colors

Lime Green #32CD32 Lawn Green #7CFC00 Chartreuse #7FFF00 Spring Green #00FF7F Forest Green #228B22 Green #008000

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