Lime Green #32CD32

Lime Green (#32CD32) is a light, vivid green with an OKLCH hue of 143°, lightness 0.74 and chroma 0.229. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX#32CD32
RGBrgb(50, 205, 50)
HSLhsl(120, 61%, 50%)
HSVhsv(120, 76%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(76%, 0%, 76%, 20%)
CIE Lablab(72.6 -67.1 61.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.742 0.229 143)

How Lime Green behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Lime Green shifts subtly: leans toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 2.12:1 and against black 9.91:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Lime Green

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#d6ffd3 · #69ea64 · #32cd32 · #009808 · #006d03 · #004601

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#00f3cb · #00e191 · #32cd32 · #7cab00 · #8b8d00 · #8b7300

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#32cd32 · #00a1a1 · #008806 · #006060 · #004601 · #002626

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#b5dab2 · #32cd32 · #c749d8 · #377b34 · #1c5a1a · #113810

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#fdebff · #32cd32 · #80977e · #5e525f · #122a10 · #030004

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#f7eef8 · #cfc5d0 · #a397a4 · #2a1d2c · #080109 · #32cd32

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#fdebff · #32cd32 · #c363cf · #8a0099 · #3d0045 · #000200

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#e2cdee · #32cd32 · #a28cc0 · #b9567f · #3b3249 · #100f04

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#ebf2ff · #32cd32 · #518afe · #a5001f · #4a0008 · #000012

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e3f5ff · #32cd32 · #009cd4 · #8a0099 · #3c1800 · #050008

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#5BD657 · #79DF74 · #94E88F · #ADF1A8 · #C5F9C1

Shades

#0EAA14 · #008606 · #006403 · #004400 · #002600

Muted

#5CC758 · #77C073 · #8DB989

Using Lime Green

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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