Lime green

#15bc42

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for lime green, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Lime green sits in the green range, deep and vivid. Deep greens like this read established and premium. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Lime green color values

Every conversion for #15bc42, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#15bc42

RGB21, 188, 66

HSL136, 80%, 41%

HSV136, 89%, 74%

CMYK89%, 0%, 65%, 26%

Lab66.91, -63.63, 49.28

XYZ19.28, 36.52, 11.19

Decimal1424450

Web safe#00cc33

Pantone361 C

Shades of lime green

#13ac3c #119c37 #108c31 #0e7c2b #0c6c26 #0a5c20 #084c1b #073c15 #052c0f #031c0a

Tints of lime green

#18d54b #23e658 #3de96b #56ec7f #70ef92 #89f2a5 #a3f5b9 #bcf8cc #d5fadf #effdf3

Colors that go with lime green

Complementary#bc158f Analogous#3bbc15 Analogous#15bc96 Triadic#4215bc Triadic#bc4215 Split complementary#9615bc Split complementary#bc153b

Lime green in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 89, 0, 65, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #15bc42 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

89 0 65 26

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

86 4 64 32

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Lime green in css

Copy #15bc42 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #15bc42; }
.text { color: #15bc42; }
.border { border: 2px solid #15bc42; }

How lime green looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Lime green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #15bc42 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #15bc42 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Lime green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #15bc42 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around lime green? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn lime green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #15bc42 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from lime green, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #15bc42 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.