Lime green

#5aab37

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 102 degrees. 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 #5aab37, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5aab37
RGB90, 171, 55
HSL102, 51%, 44%
HSV102, 68%, 67%
CMYK47%, 0%, 68%, 33%
Lab62.99, -45.74, 50.1
XYZ19.47, 31.58, 8.68
Decimal5942071
Web safe#669933
Pantone369 C
Pantone369 CHex#5aab37Rgb90 171 55Cmyk47 0 68 33Lab63 -46 50Darker#213f14Deep#3e7526Lighter#81c664

Shades of lime green

Tints of lime green

Colors that go with lime green

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 47, 0, 68, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5aab37 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
47 0 68 33
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
47 4 67 39
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 #5aab37 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5aab37; }
.text { color: #5aab37; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5aab37; }

How lime green looks on light and dark

Lime green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #5aab37 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.87:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.32:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5aab37 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 #5aab37 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 #5aab37 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 #5aab37 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.