Palettes / Colors / #ADE600

#ADE600 — Vivid Green

#ADE600 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 #ADE600 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.

#ADE600 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 #3900E6; it also sits naturally between #E6AC00 and #39E600. 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 68% · Green 90% · Blue 0%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 100% · Key 10%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ADE600

.text { color: #ADE600; }
.background { background-color: #ADE600; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ADE600; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(173, 230, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(75, 100%, 45%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ADE600; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(173, 230, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ADE600; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(173, 230, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ADE600">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ADE600">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ADE600

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Tones of #ADE600

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3900E6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ADE600: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ADE600

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:

How #ADE600 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 a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ADE600 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #ADE600?

#ADE600 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 173, 230, 0). Its closest standard named color is Chartreuse.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ADE600?

#ADE600 is RGB 173, 230, 0 — HSL 75°, 100%, 45% — CMYK 25%, 0%, 100%, 10%.

What colors go with #ADE600?

Its complement is #3900E6; analogous partners are #E6AC00 and #39E600. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ADE600 for text?

Black text on #ADE600 has a contrast ratio of 14.10:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.49:1.