Lime green

#38da00

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 #38da00, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#38da00
RGB56, 218, 0
HSL105, 100%, 43%
HSV105, 100%, 85%
CMYK74%, 0%, 100%, 15%
Lab76.67, -71.96, 74.52
XYZ26.7, 50.98, 8.43
Decimal3725824
Web safe#33cc00
Pantone802 C
Pantone802 CHex#38da00Rgb56 218 0Cmyk74 0 100 15Lab77 -72 75Darker#134b00Deep#269300Lighter#60f42d

Shades of lime green

Tints of lime green

Colors that go with lime green

Lime green in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 74, 0, 100, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #38da00 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
74 0 100 15
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
72 4 96 21
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 #38da00 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #38da00; }
.text { color: #38da00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #38da00; }

How lime green looks on light and dark

Lime green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #38da00 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.88:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
11.20:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #38da00 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 #38da00 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #38da00 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #38da00 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.