Lime green

#2aaa2a

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

This is Lime green, a strong green at 120 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 #2aaa2a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2aaa2a

RGB42, 170, 42

HSL120, 60%, 42%

HSV120, 75%, 67%

CMYK75%, 0%, 75%, 33%

Lab61.14, -57.89, 52.74

XYZ15.75, 29.41, 7.04

Decimal2796074

Web safe#339933

Pantone361 C

Shades of lime green

#269b26 #238d23 #1f7e1f #1c701c #186118 #145314 #114411 #0d360d #0a270a #061906

Tints of lime green

#30c030 #3dcf3d #53d553 #6ada6a #80e080 #97e597 #adebad #c4f0c4 #daf6da #f1fbf1

Colors that go with lime green

Complementary#aa2aaa Analogous#6aaa2a Analogous#2aaa6a Triadic#2a2aaa Triadic#aa2a2a Split complementary#6a2aaa Split complementary#aa2a6a

Lime green in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 75, 0, 75, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2aaa2a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

75 0 75 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

73 4 73 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Lime green in css

Copy #2aaa2a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2aaa2a; }
.text { color: #2aaa2a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2aaa2a; }

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 #2aaa2a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2aaa2a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Lime green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #2aaa2a 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn lime green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #2aaa2a 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

Here is how the numbers for #2aaa2a are worked out. 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.