Lime green

#78c451

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

Lime green is a mid green that feels balanced. 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 green color values

Every conversion for #78c451, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#78c451

RGB120, 196, 81

HSL100, 49%, 54%

HSV100, 59%, 77%

CMYK39%, 0%, 59%, 23%

Lab72.27, -43.99, 49.45

XYZ28.97, 44.07, 14.76

Decimal7914577

Web safe#66cc66

Pantone360 C

Shades of lime green

#6abc40 #60aa3a #559833 #4b852d #417327 #366021 #2c4e1a #223c14 #17290e #0d1708

Tints of lime green

#84c961 #91cf71 #9dd481 #aada91 #b6dfa1 #c3e5b1 #cfeac1 #dcf0d2 #e8f5e2 #f5faf2

Colors that go with lime green

Complementary#9d51c4 Analogous#b1c451 Analogous#51c464 Triadic#5178c4 Triadic#c45178 Split complementary#6451c4 Split complementary#c451b1

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 39, 0, 59, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #78c451 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

39 0 59 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

40 4 58 29

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 #78c451 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #78c451; }
.text { color: #78c451; }
.border { border: 2px solid #78c451; }

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 #78c451 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #78c451 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 #78c451 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 #78c451 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 #78c451 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.