Lime green

#38bb48

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

This is Lime green, a soft green at 127 degrees. A mid green this grounded suits sustainability and outdoor brands. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Lime green color values

Every conversion for #38bb48, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#38bb48

RGB56, 187, 72

HSL127, 54%, 48%

HSV127, 70%, 73%

CMYK70%, 0%, 61%, 27%

Lab67.16, -58.27, 47.07

XYZ20.57, 36.85, 12.16

Decimal3717960

Web safe#33cc33

Pantone361 C

Shades of lime green

#33ab42 #2e9a3b #298a35 #247a2f #206929 #1b5922 #16491c #113816 #0c280f #071809

Tints of lime green

#45c755 #58cd66 #6bd378 #7ed889 #91de9b #a5e4ac #b8eabe #cbefcf #def5e1 #f1fbf2

Colors that go with lime green

Complementary#bb38ab Analogous#69bb38 Analogous#38bb8a Triadic#4838bb Triadic#bb4838 Split complementary#8a38bb Split complementary#bb3869

Lime green in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 70, 0, 61, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #38bb48 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

70 0 61 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

68 4 60 33

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

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #38bb48 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #38bb48; }
.text { color: #38bb48; }
.border { border: 2px solid #38bb48; }

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 #38bb48 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #38bb48 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 #38bb48 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 #38bb48 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 #38bb48 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.