Lime green

#18bc3d

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

This is Lime green, a strong green at 134 degrees. Deep greens like this read established and premium. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Lime green color values

Every conversion for #18bc3d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#18bc3d

RGB24, 188, 61

HSL134, 77%, 42%

HSV134, 87%, 74%

CMYK87%, 0%, 68%, 26%

Lab66.9, -63.93, 51.37

XYZ19.2, 36.5, 10.45

Decimal1621053

Web safe#00cc33

Pantone361 C

Shades of lime green

#16ac38 #149c33 #128c2d #107c28 #0e6c23 #0c5b1e #0a4b18 #083b13 #062b0e #031b09

Tints of lime green

#1bd545 #28e453 #41e767 #5aea7b #73ed8f #8cf0a2 #a5f3b6 #bdf7ca #d6fade #effdf2

Colors that go with lime green

Complementary#bc1897 Analogous#45bc18 Analogous#18bc8f Triadic#3d18bc Triadic#bc3d18 Split complementary#8f18bc Split complementary#bc1845

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 87, 0, 68, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #18bc3d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

87 0 68 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

84 4 67 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Lime green in css

Copy #18bc3d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #18bc3d; }
.text { color: #18bc3d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #18bc3d; }

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 #18bc3d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #18bc3d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Lime green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #18bc3d 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn lime green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #18bc3d 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

The figures for #18bc3d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.