Lime Core Bright (#7AE114) belongs to the lime family — hue 90°, 84% saturation, 48% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.
:root { --colorarchive-lime-core-bright: #7AE114; --colorarchive-lime-core-bright-hsl: hsl(90, 84%, 48%); --colorarchive-lime-core-bright-rgb: rgb(122, 225, 20); }
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Gaming · Streetwear · Energy Drinks
Black or dark purple for high-contrast impact, white for clean energy
Best for accent elements that need to pop. Use with dark backgrounds for maximum visibility in gaming and tech interfaces.
Electric lime signals youth culture, technology, and rebellion. Popular in gaming and urban fashion.
Half spring leaf, half pop-art neon.
Lime — the yellow-green region of the spectrum — has no classical pigment of its own; painters historically achieved it by mixing yellow ochre with terre verte or lead-tin yellow with verdigris. The brilliant phthalo greens and arylide yellows of the 20th century made saturated lime achievable for the first time, which is why lime feels visually 'modern' even though grass and leaves have always lived there.
In Japan, the moss greens of traditional gardens (yamabuki, moegi) sit at the muted edge of lime. In American pop culture lime exploded with the 1960s — the 'Day-Glo' palette of psychedelic posters depended on it, and Mountain Dew commercialized it. In sportswear lime carries 'high-visibility' connotations (running gear, safety vests) that have lately come back into fashion as a deliberate aesthetic.
Tennis balls have been lime-yellow ('optic yellow') since 1972, when Wimbledon found it most visible on color TV. Spotify's #1DB954 and the Xbox brand green both sit at the lime end. Lacoste and BP both run on saturated lime greens. Mountain Dew owns the brilliant supersaturated lime in beverage. In film, The Matrix's coded rain is lime-on-black — the choice was originally about the look of phosphor CRT terminals.
Lime is the youngest-feeling green: it reads as fresh, citric, energetic, and slightly synthetic. At low saturation it becomes olive or moss, both heavily associated with craft, sustainability, and slow design. At high saturation it reads as sport, beverage, or technology. Lime is one of the harder hues to use as a primary brand color without trending toward 'energy drink' — many brands therefore use it as an accent against deep neutrals.
A vivid mid-tone — distinctive enough to anchor an identity, saturated enough to demand a quiet supporting palette.
Lightness band: At mid-lightness the hue carries its full character. This is the band where most identity colors live: bright enough to be distinctive at small sizes, deep enough to sit cleanly on a white canvas.
Saturation band: At this saturation the color is doing work. It reads as a brand statement, a sport accessory, or a UI signal. It should be used in small, deliberate doses against quieter neighbors; large fields at this saturation will exhaust the eye.
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Base: Lime Core Bright #7AE114 Lighter companion: Lime Radiant Bright #8AEC27 Darker companion: Lime Velvet Bright #6BC511 Complementary counterpoint: Plum Core Bright #7A14E1 Analogous lead: Clover Core Bright #25E114 Analogous echo: Honey Core Bright #BFE114 Triadic +120°: Sapphire Core Bright #147AE1 Triadic +240°: Blush Core Bright #E1147A Split-comp +150°: Iris Core Bright #1414E1 Split-comp +210°: Fuchsia Core Bright #E114E1
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