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Lime (color)

Lime is a color that is a shade of yellow-green, so named because it is a representation of the color of the citrus fruit called limes. It is the color that is in between the web color chartreuse and yellow on the color wheel.[1] Alternate names for this color included yellow-green, lemon-lime, lime green, or bitter lime.[2]

"Lime green" redirects here. For the fruit, see Lime (fruit).

Lime

#C0FF00

(192, 255, 0)

(75°, 100%, 100%)

(93, 111, 106°)

RGB color system

Vivid yellow green

The first recorded use of lime green as a color name in English was in 1890.[3][1]


Lime (color hex code #C0FF00) is a pure spectral color at approximately 564 nanometers on the visible spectrum when plotted on the CIE chromaticity diagram.

Key lime

#E8F48C

(232, 244, 140)

(67°, 43%, 96%)

(93, 68, 92°)

Crayola Key Lime Pearl (Pearl Brites)

#E3FF00

(227, 255, 0)

(67°, 100%, 100%)

(95, 107, 96°)

Vivid yellow green

#D0FF14

(208, 255, 20)

(72°, 92%, 100%)

(94, 108, 102°)

Vivid yellow green

#E6E200

(230, 226, 0)

(59°, 100%, 90%)

(88, 96, 84°)

Encycolorpedia[23]

Vivid greenish yellow

#CEFF00

(206, 255, 0)

(72°, 100%, 100%)

(94, 109, 102°)

Complex[24]

Vivid yellow green

#CCFF00

(204, 255, 0)

(72°, 100%, 100%)

(94, 110, 103°)

Vivid yellow green

#9EFD38

(158, 253, 56)

(89°, 78%, 99%)

(91, 111, 115°)

Vivid yellow green

#00FF00

(0, 255, 0)

(120°, 100%, 100%)

(88, 136, 128°)

Vivid yellowish green

#32CD32

(50, 205, 50)

(120°, 76%, 80%)

(73, 103, 128°)

Vivid yellowish green

#72FE00

(114, 254, 0)

(93°, 100%, 100%)

(89, 125, 121°)

[1]

List of colors

Lime colored limeade drinks from the cover of a 1975 cookbook