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#CDFF37 — Vivid Green

#CDFF37 is a green color we call Vivid Green, closest to the named color GreenYellow (#ADFF2F). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: greenyellow (#ADFF2F) — not an exact match. CSS greenyellow gives you #ADFF2F, a different color; use #CDFF37 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.

#CDFF37 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 #6A38FF; it also sits naturally between #FFCD38 and #6AFF38. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CDFF37 · RGB 205, 255, 55

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Color values

HEX#CDFF37
RGB205, 255, 55
HSL75°, 100%, 61%
HSV75°, 78%, 100%
CMYK20%, 0%, 78%, 0%
XYZ61.63, 84.77, 16.73
Yxy84.77, 0.3778, 0.5197
CIE-Lab93.79, -40.46, 82.17
Hunter Lab92.07, -37.32, 50.54

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 100% · Blue 22%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 78% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CDFF37 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CDFF37 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CDFF37

.text { color: #CDFF37; }
.background { background-color: #CDFF37; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CDFF37; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(205, 255, 55); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(75, 100%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CDFF37; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(205, 255, 55, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CDFF37; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(205, 255, 55, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CDFF37">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CDFF37">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CDFF37

#C6FF1A#BFFF00#A8E000#91C200#7EA800#678A00#506B00#394D00#263300#0F1400

Tints of #CDFF37

#D2FF4D#D6FF5C#DBFF70#DFFF80#E4FF94#E8FFA3#EDFFB8#F1FFC7#F6FFDB#FAFFEB

Tones of #CDFF37

#C6F146#BFE255#B8D463#B1C671#AAB87F#A3A98E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6A38FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.95:1 AAA

Best text color on #CDFF37: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CDFF37

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 #CDFF37: ·

How #CDFF37 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E3E367Deuteranopia · #E0DC73Tritanopia · #D08E96

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:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CDFF37 rather than the exact color:

Crimson Garden
#2B091E · #20FA67 · #4347F8 · #CEFB3E
Tranquil Twilight
#25090E · #D7FE3D · #C313FA · #5384F9
Vintage Cinder
#110C36 · #FAAD4E · #15F53A · #C3FA48
Crimson Meadow
#9BB911 · #D4EC2E · #411CEA · #C1BDF5
Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF
Palette 362f4f
#362F4F · #5B23FF · #008BFF · #E4FF30

Similar colors

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

#CEFB3E#D7FE3D#C3FA48#D4EC2E#E3F838#E4FF30#D6EB2C#D1E92C#D4F620#CDE63D#D5EB46#CCFB51

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CDFF36  ·  #CDFF38 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CDFF37?

#CDFF37 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 205, 255, 55). Its closest standard named color is GreenYellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CDFF37?

#CDFF37 is RGB 205, 255, 55 — HSL 75°, 100%, 61% — CMYK 20%, 0%, 78%, 0%.

What colors go with #CDFF37?

Its complement is #6A38FF; analogous partners are #FFCD38 and #6AFF38. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CDFF37 for text?

Black text on #CDFF37 has a contrast ratio of 17.95:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.