Palettes / Colors / #00FF00

#00FF00 — Vivid Green

#00FF00 is the named color Lime. It belongs to the green family.

#00FF00 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #FF00FF; it also sits naturally between #80FF00 and #00FF80. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 0% · Green 100% · Blue 0%

Cyan 100% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 100% · Key 0%

Previews

CSS code for #00FF00

.text { color: #00FF00; }
.background { background-color: #00FF00; }
.border { border: 3px solid #00FF00; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(0, 255, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(120, 100%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #00FF00; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(0, 255, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #00FF00; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(0, 255, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#00FF00">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#00FF00">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #FF00FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #00FF00: #000000.

How #00FF00 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with #00FF00 or a close neighbour

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #00FEFF  ·  #00FF01 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #00FF00?

#00FF00 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 0, 255, 0). Its closest standard named color is Lime.

What is the RGB and HSL of #00FF00?

#00FF00 is RGB 0, 255, 0 — HSL 120°, 100%, 50% — CMYK 100%, 0%, 100%, 0%.

What colors go with #00FF00?

Its complement is #FF00FF; analogous partners are #80FF00 and #00FF80. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #00FF00 for text?

Black text on #00FF00 has a contrast ratio of 15.30:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.37:1.