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#A4E600 — Vivid Green

#A4E600 is a green color we call Vivid Green, closest to the named color Chartreuse (#7FFF00). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: chartreuse (#7FFF00) — not an exact match. CSS chartreuse gives you #7FFF00, a different color; use #A4E600 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#A4E600 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 #4100E6; it also sits naturally between #E6B400 and #32E600. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A4E600 · RGB 164, 230, 0

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Color values

HEX#A4E600
RGB164, 230, 0
HSL77°, 100%, 45%
HSV77°, 100%, 90%
CMYK29%, 0%, 100%, 10%
XYZ43.61, 64.49, 10.15
Yxy64.49, 0.3688, 0.5454
CIE-Lab84.22, -46.34, 82.11
Hunter Lab80.30, -39.94, 46.05

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 64% · Green 90% · Blue 0%

Cyan 29% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 100% · Key 10%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #A4E600 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A4E600 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A4E600

.text { color: #A4E600; }
.background { background-color: #A4E600; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A4E600; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(164, 230, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(77, 100%, 45%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A4E600; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(164, 230, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A4E600; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(164, 230, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A4E600">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A4E600">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A4E600

#96D100#87BD00#79A800#6A9400#5B8000#496600#3A5200#2C3D00#1D2900#0F1400

Tints of #A4E600

#B7FF00#BEFF1A#C5FF33#CCFF4D#D5FF6B#DCFF85#E4FF9E#EBFFB8#F2FFD1#F9FFEB

Tones of #A4E600

#9ED510#96C421#8FB431#88A441#819451#7A8363

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4100E6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.51:1 Fails
Against black text13.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #A4E600: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A4E600

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #A4E600: ·

How #A4E600 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C1C138Deuteranopia · #BDB845Tritanopia · #A7646D

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:

Tailwind lime 500 · #84CC16Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A4E600 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fffadc
#FFFADC · #B6F500 · #A4DD00 · #98CD00
Palette 059212
#059212 · #06D001 · #9BEC00 · #F3FF90
Palette 78c841
#78C841 · #B4E50D · #FF9B2F · #FB4141
Vintage Ruby Bloom
#13122E · #FC4A9A · #F9594D · #A2F713
Vintage Meadow
#BD4417 · #94720F · #A4CE0F · #39990F
Burning Lagoon
#0D0E29 · #B4F615 · #4FFBC1 · #FD3BC0

Similar colors

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

#A4DD00#9BEC00#B4E50D#B6F500#A2F713#98CD00#A4CE0F#B4F615#BBDC12#A6CB12#8ED915#98CB0F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A4E5FF  ·  #A4E601 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A4E600?

#A4E600 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 164, 230, 0). Its closest standard named color is Chartreuse.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A4E600?

#A4E600 is RGB 164, 230, 0 — HSL 77°, 100%, 45% — CMYK 29%, 0%, 100%, 10%.

What colors go with #A4E600?

Its complement is #4100E6; analogous partners are #E6B400 and #32E600. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A4E600 for text?

Black text on #A4E600 has a contrast ratio of 13.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.51:1.