Lime green

#51b42b

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

Lime green is a deep green that feels rich. 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 #51b42b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#51b42b

RGB81, 180, 43

HSL103, 61%, 44%

HSV103, 76%, 71%

CMYK55%, 0%, 76%, 29%

Lab65.41, -52.76, 56.96

XYZ20.15, 34.57, 7.9

Decimal5354539

Web safe#66cc33

Pantone369 C

Shades of lime green

#4aa427 #439524 #3c8520 #35761c #2e6618 #275715 #204711 #19380d #12280a #0b1906

Tints of lime green

#5bca30 #6bd243 #7cd759 #8ddc6e #9ee284 #afe79a #c0ecaf #d1f1c5 #e2f6db #f4fcf1

Colors that go with lime green

Complementary#8e2bb4 Analogous#95b42b Analogous#2bb44a Triadic#2b51b4 Triadic#b42b51 Split complementary#4a2bb4 Split complementary#b42b95

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 55, 0, 76, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #51b42b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

55 0 76 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

55 4 74 35

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 #51b42b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #51b42b; }
.text { color: #51b42b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #51b42b; }

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 #51b42b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #51b42b 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 #51b42b 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 #51b42b 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 #51b42b 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 coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.