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Lime Core Soft
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Lime Core Soft

Lime · Hue 90
Hex
#7AA451
RGB
rgb(122, 164, 81)
HSL
hsl(90, 34%, 48%)
CMYK
cmyk(26%, 0%, 51%, 36%)
Metrics
S 34% · L 48%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
2.9:1Fail
on black
7.3:1AA
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About this color

Lime Core Soft (#7AA451) belongs to the lime family — hue 90°, 34% 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.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-lime-core-soft: #7AA451;
  --colorarchive-lime-core-soft-hsl: hsl(90, 34%, 48%);
  --colorarchive-lime-core-soft-rgb: rgb(122, 164, 81);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

VibrantYouthfulDynamic
Common in

Gaming · Streetwear · Energy Drinks

Pairs well with

Black or dark purple for high-contrast impact, white for clean energy

Design tip

Best for accent elements that need to pop. Use with dark backgrounds for maximum visibility in gaming and tech interfaces.

Cultural context ▶

Electric lime signals youth culture, technology, and rebellion. Popular in gaming and urban fashion.

Color Origins

Lime family

Half spring leaf, half pop-art neon.

Heritage

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.

Across cultures

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.

In the wild

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.

How it reads

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.

This particular tone

A confident mid-tone — this is the workhorse register of the hue, and the band where most successful brand colors live.

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: The clear, mid-saturation register is the most common identity sweet spot — saturated enough to register as a 'real' color, restrained enough not to fight typography or photography placed over it.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #7AA451.

  • Microsoftprimary
    Xbox Green · #7FBA00
    →
  • Notionneutral
    Notion Gray · #787774
    →
  • Googleprimary
    Google Green · #34A853
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #7AA451.

  • IrelandPasture Green
    #7C9A4C · Limestone-base pastureland, the West
    →
  • MoroccoMint Tea Green
    #62A87C · Atlas mountain spearmint
    →
  • AustraliaEucalyptus Blue-Green
    #7EA08C · Eucalyptus regnans / globulus foliage
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Lime Radiant Soft
#8AB262 · hsl(90, 34%, 54%)
Darker companion
Lime Velvet Soft
#6B9047 · hsl(90, 34%, 42%)
Complementary counterpoint
Plum Core Soft
#7A51A4 · hsl(270, 34%, 48%)
Analogous lead
Clover Core Soft
#58A451 · hsl(115, 34%, 48%)
Analogous echo
Honey Core Soft
#96A451 · hsl(70, 34%, 48%)
Triadic +120°
Sapphire Core Soft
#517AA4 · hsl(210, 34%, 48%)
Triadic +240°
Blush Core Soft
#A4517A · hsl(330, 34%, 48%)
Split-comp +150°
Iris Core Soft
#5151A4 · hsl(240, 34%, 48%)
Split-comp +210°
Fuchsia Core Soft
#A451A4 · hsl(300, 34%, 48%)
Export preview
Base: Lime Core Soft #7AA451
Lighter companion: Lime Radiant Soft #8AB262
Darker companion: Lime Velvet Soft #6B9047
Complementary counterpoint: Plum Core Soft #7A51A4
Analogous lead: Clover Core Soft #58A451
Analogous echo: Honey Core Soft #96A451
Triadic +120°: Sapphire Core Soft #517AA4
Triadic +240°: Blush Core Soft #A4517A
Split-comp +150°: Iris Core Soft #5151A4
Split-comp +210°: Fuchsia Core Soft #A451A4

Compare

See how Lime Core Soft compares side by side with related colors.

vsLime Radiant SoftvsLime Velvet SoftvsPlum Core SoftvsClover Core SoftvsHoney Core SoftvsSapphire Core Soft

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Lime Core Dust
#7A9A5B · hsl(90, 26%, 48%)
Nearby match
Lime Velvet Soft
#6B9047 · hsl(90, 34%, 42%)
Nearby match
Lime Radiant Soft
#8AB262 · hsl(90, 34%, 54%)
Nearby match
Lime Core Muted
#7A9064 · hsl(90, 18%, 48%)
Nearby match
Lime Velvet Dust
#6B874F · hsl(90, 26%, 42%)
Nearby match
Lime Radiant Dust
#8AA86B · hsl(90, 26%, 54%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AA4.6:1
Plum Nocturne Faint
#332E38
AA4.7:1
Plum Nocturne Muted
#332A3C
AA4.9:1
Plum Nocturne Dust
#332640
AA5:1
Plum Nocturne Soft
#332244
AA5.3:1
Plum Nocturne Clear
#33174F
AA5.4:1
Plum Nocturne Vivid
#330D59

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#8C8872
Protanopia
#8E8F6D
Tritanopia
#7D7E81
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