Lime

#3cec00

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

Lime is a mid green that feels grounded. 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 color values

Every conversion for #3cec00, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3cec00
RGB60, 236, 0
HSL105, 100%, 46%
HSV105, 100%, 93%
CMYK75%, 0%, 100%, 7%
Lab82.35, -76.61, 79.08
XYZ31.86, 60.95, 10.09
Decimal3992576
Web safe#33ff00
Pantone802 C
Pantone802 CHex#3cec00Rgb60 236 0Cmyk75 0 100 7Lab82 -77 79Darker#185d00Deep#2aa500Lighter#6df53f

Shades of lime

Tints of lime

Colors that go with lime

Lime in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 75, 0, 100, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3cec00 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
75 0 100 7
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
73 4 96 13
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 in css

Copy #3cec00 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3cec00; }
.text { color: #3cec00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3cec00; }

How lime looks on light and dark

Lime and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #3cec00 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.59:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
13.19:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3cec00 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Lime on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3cec00 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? 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 into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3cec00 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, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #3cec00 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.