CSS named color

Lime Green #32CD32

The CSS keyword limegreen is #32CD32. It is a light vivid green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.742, chroma 0.229 and hue 142.8°.

Relative luminance: 0.4457
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.742 · 0.229 · 142.8
Best text: Black 9.91:1
Hue family: Green

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#32CD32 color codes

HEX: #32CD32
RGB: rgb(50, 205, 50)
HSL: hsl(120, 61%, 50%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.742 0.229 142.8)
OKLab: oklab(0.742 -0.182 0.138)
CIELAB (D65): L* 72.61, a* -67.13, b* 61.44
XYZ (D65): X 23.72, Y 44.57, Z 10.37
CMYK (naive): cmyk(76%, 0%, 76%, 20%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #32CD32 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 9.91:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.11:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

9.91:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +63
White text on it

2.11:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −45
As text on black

9.91:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −61
As text on white

2.11:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +40

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#008907 4.58:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.74 to 0.55 reaches 4.58:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#32CD32 9.91:1

It already reaches 9.91:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #32CD32 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #32CD32

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #32CD32 sits at step 400.

50#E1FFDE

White
1.07
Black
19.56
100#BFFFBA

White
1.15
Black
18.22
200#7DF878

White
1.34
Black
15.57
300#58DF54

White
1.73
Black
12.09
400This color#32CD32

White
2.11
Black
9.91
500#00A30B

White
3.36
Black
6.24
600#008707

White
4.69
Black
4.46
700#006C04

White
6.67
Black
3.14
800#004F02

White
9.90
Black
2.11
900#003401

White
14.07
Black
1.49
950#001D00

White
17.86
Black
1.17

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #32CD32 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.250; #32CD32 uses 92% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.300 there: 20% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.229
sRGB edge: 0.250
Display P3 edge: 0.300
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.312
Dominant wavelength: 549 nm
Excitation purity: 64%
Chromaticity: x 0.3016, y 0.5666

This color#32CD32
Most vivid in sRGB#00CF11
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.742 0.300 142.8)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #32cd32;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.2636 0.8212 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #32CD32

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#99E699
OKLab50%#A8E8A3
OKLCH50%#A8E8A3

Black #000000

sRGB50%#196719
OKLab50%#0D4E0D
OKLCH50%#0D4E0D

Its complement #EC6EFD

sRGB50%#8F9E98
OKLab50%#ABABAB
OKLCH50%#00BAFB

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #32cd32, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #32cd32 50%, white);

In use

#32CD32 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:19.91:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.11:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:12.11:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.11:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #008907 4.58:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:19.91:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:18.84:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:18.84:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:18.84:1 Passes

Color vision

How #32CD32 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 29.9; tritanopia changes it least, 23.1.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#D1B90D ΔE2000 27.0

Distinct

Reads as light soft amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#C0AE43 ΔE2000 25.0

Distinct

Reads as light soft amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#00C7B0 ΔE2000 23.1

Distinct

Reads as light soft cyan
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#B2B2B2 ΔE2000 29.9

Distinct

Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #EC6EFD. Their lightness contrast is only 1.20:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#32CD32 · #EC6EFD	94.5	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#D1B90D · #5598FF	61.5	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#C0AE43 · #81A7F9	53.6	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#00C7B0 · #EF82AC	60.3	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#B2B2B2 · #A2A2A2	4.6	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #32CD32

Its complement is #EC6EFD, a light vivid magenta.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#32CD32
Complement#EC6EFD

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#ADB500
Base#32CD32
+30°#00C8A2

Analogous

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Base#32CD32
+120°#7EAAFF
+240°#FF7F7C

Triadic

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Base#32CD32
+150°#AF98FF
+210°#FF74B6

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-limegreen: #32cd32;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        limegreen: '#32cd32',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-limegreen: oklch(0.742 0.229 142.8);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "limegreen": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.1961, 0.8039, 0.1961],
        "hex": "#32cd32"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color limegreen"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let limegreen = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.196, green: 0.804, blue: 0.196, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Limegreen = Color(0xFF32CD32)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

Open #32CD32 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Lime Green #32CD32

#32CD32 color codes

Contrast: is #32CD32 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #32CD32 live

Shades and tints of #32CD32

How vivid #32CD32 can get

Mixing #32CD32

#32CD32 in an interface

How #32CD32 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #32CD32

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #32CD32 in the tools