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Chartreuse Mist Vivid
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Chartreuse Mist Vivid

Lime · Hue 75
Metrics
S 74% · L 90%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.1:1Failon black19:1AA
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About this color

Chartreuse Mist Vivid (#EFF8D3) belongs to the lime family — hue 75°, 74% saturation, 90% 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-chartreuse-mist-vivid: #EFF8D3;
  --colorarchive-chartreuse-mist-vivid-hsl: hsl(75, 74%, 90%);
  --colorarchive-chartreuse-mist-vivid-rgb: rgb(239, 248, 211);
}

AI Color Names

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

Design Context

FreshNaturalInvigorating
Common in

Juice & Smoothie Brands · Eco Products · Fitness

Pairs well with

White for cleanliness, soft pink for playful contrast

Design tip

Use for wellness and eco-friendly brands. Light lime as a background creates an airy, energizing feel.

Cultural context ▶

Light lime represents freshness, vitality, and new growth. Common in spring-themed and health-focused design.

Color Origins

Lime family

Half spring leaf, half pop-art neon.

Heritage

Lime — the yellow-green region of the spectrum — was often mixed by painters, for example verdigris combined with lead-tin yellow or yellow ochre. Synthetic pigments of the 19th and 20th centuries made saturated lime far easier to mix, which is why lime feels visually 'modern' even though grass and leaves have always lived there.

Across cultures

In Japan, moegi — the yellow-green of young leaves sprouting in spring — is a traditional color that falls within lime. In American pop culture, fluorescent Day-Glo pigments, popularized by 1960s psychedelic art, made neon brights like lime part of the visual vocabulary. 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 turned lime-yellow ('optic yellow') after 1972, when the ITF adopted them as easier to see on color TV; Wimbledon kept white balls until 1986. Xbox's brand palette includes a light green that sits at the lime end, though Spotify's green and the main Xbox green are true greens. BP's Helios mark mixes green with yellow. Mountain Dew's drink is a vivid chartreuse. In film, The Matrix's coded rain is green-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

An almost luminous high-key tone — at this saturation and brightness, the color borders on neon. Use sparingly; it overpowers most companions.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: At this saturation the color is doing work. It reads as a brand statement, a sport accessory, or a UI signal. It should be used in small, deliberate doses against quieter neighbors; large fields at this saturation will exhaust the eye.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #EFF8D3.

  • Anthropicbackground
    Cream Canvas · #F0EEE6
    →
  • Lululemonneutral
    Off White · #F5F5F5
    →
  • Stripeneutral
    Off White · #F6F9FC
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #EFF8D3.

  • AustraliaBeach Cream
    #F2EFE1 · Western Australian quartz sand
    →
  • JapanWashi Cream (和紙)
    #F4ECD8 · Unbleached mulberry-fiber paper
    →
  • ScandinaviaSnow White
    #F4F0EA · Limewashed plaster, Nordic interiors
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using lime and color in design.

Color SystemsColor Accessibility in 2025: WCAG 2.1, APCA, and the Dual-Standard AuditColor PsychologyColor and E-Commerce Conversion: Evidence-Based Design DecisionsDesign SystemsDark Mode Color Systems: A Token Architecture Guide

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
Chartreuse Whisper Vivid
#F5FBE4 · hsl(75, 74%, 94%)
Darker companion
Chartreuse Pearl Vivid
#E5F4B8 · hsl(75, 74%, 84%)
Complementary counterpoint
Violet Mist Vivid
#D9D3F8 · hsl(250, 74%, 90%)
Analogous lead
Moss Mist Vivid
#DFF8D3 · hsl(100, 74%, 90%)
Analogous echo
Amber Mist Vivid
#F8F2D3 · hsl(50, 74%, 90%)
Triadic +120°
Cerulean Mist Vivid
#D3F2F8 · hsl(190, 74%, 90%)
Triadic +240°
Peony Mist Vivid
#F8D3F2 · hsl(310, 74%, 90%)
Split-comp +150°
Cobalt Mist Vivid
#D3DFF8 · hsl(220, 74%, 90%)
Split-comp +210°
Mulberry Mist Vivid
#ECD3F8 · hsl(280, 74%, 90%)
Export preview
Base: Chartreuse Mist Vivid #EFF8D3
Lighter companion: Chartreuse Whisper Vivid #F5FBE4
Darker companion: Chartreuse Pearl Vivid #E5F4B8
Complementary counterpoint: Violet Mist Vivid #D9D3F8
Analogous lead: Moss Mist Vivid #DFF8D3
Analogous echo: Amber Mist Vivid #F8F2D3
Triadic +120°: Cerulean Mist Vivid #D3F2F8
Triadic +240°: Peony Mist Vivid #F8D3F2
Split-comp +150°: Cobalt Mist Vivid #D3DFF8
Split-comp +210°: Mulberry Mist Vivid #ECD3F8

Compare

See how Chartreuse Mist Vivid compares side by side with related colors.

vsChartreuse Whisper VividvsChartreuse Pearl VividvsViolet Mist VividvsMoss Mist VividvsAmber Mist VividvsCerulean Mist Vivid

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Chartreuse Whisper Vivid
#F5FBE4 · hsl(75, 74%, 94%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Pearl Vivid
#E5F4B8 · hsl(75, 74%, 84%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Mist Bright
#F0FBD0 · hsl(75, 84%, 90%)
Nearby match
Honey Mist Vivid
#F2F8D3 · hsl(70, 74%, 90%)
Nearby match
Olive Mist Vivid
#ECF8D3 · hsl(80, 74%, 90%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Veil Vivid
#FCFEF6 · hsl(75, 74%, 98%)

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
AAA7.3:1
Violet Core Clear
#4E38BC
AAA8:1
Violet Core Vivid
#3E20D5
AAA8.1:1
Violet Core Bright
#3614E1
AAA8.1:1
Violet Core Pure
#2F0AEB
AAA7.1:1
Violet Velvet Soft
#534790
AAA8.5:1
Violet Velvet Clear
#4531A5

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#F2F2DF
Protanopia
#F3F3DD
Tritanopia
#EFE4E6
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Saturation ladder

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