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Chartreuse Pearl Muted
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Chartreuse Pearl Muted

Lime · Hue 75
Metrics
S 18% · L 84%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.4:1Failon black15.3:1AA
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About this color

Chartreuse Pearl Muted (#DADECF) belongs to the lime family — hue 75°, 18% saturation, 84% 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-pearl-muted: #DADECF;
  --colorarchive-chartreuse-pearl-muted-hsl: hsl(75, 18%, 84%);
  --colorarchive-chartreuse-pearl-muted-rgb: rgb(218, 222, 207);
}

AI Color Names

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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

A pale, gentle tone — pastel territory, where the hue acts more like a tinted neutral than a stated color.

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: The low saturation pulls this color toward earthen, vintage, or editorial palettes. It reads as confident and grown-up rather than playful, and it tolerates being used in large blocks without becoming visually noisy.

Brands using a similar color

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

  • Anthropicneutral
    Light Gray · #E8E6DC
    →
  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →

Cultures using a similar color

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

  • France (Paris)Lutetian Limestone
    #E5DDC8 · Paris facade stone (Haussmannian-era buildings)
    →
  • IcelandLopapeysa Cream
    #E8DFCC · Undyed Icelandic sheep wool
    →
  • Korea (Obangsaek)Hanji Cream
    #EAE0CB · Mulberry-fiber Korean paper
    →

Color guides

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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 Mist Muted
#E8EAE1 · hsl(75, 18%, 90%)
Darker companion
Chartreuse Bloom Muted
#C7CDB7 · hsl(75, 18%, 76%)
Complementary counterpoint
Violet Pearl Muted
#D1CFDE · hsl(250, 18%, 84%)
Analogous lead
Moss Pearl Muted
#D4DECF · hsl(100, 18%, 84%)
Analogous echo
Amber Pearl Muted
#DEDBCF · hsl(50, 18%, 84%)
Triadic +120°
Cerulean Pearl Muted
#CFDBDE · hsl(190, 18%, 84%)
Triadic +240°
Peony Pearl Muted
#DECFDB · hsl(310, 18%, 84%)
Split-comp +150°
Cobalt Pearl Muted
#CFD4DE · hsl(220, 18%, 84%)
Split-comp +210°
Mulberry Pearl Muted
#D9CFDE · hsl(280, 18%, 84%)
Export preview
Base: Chartreuse Pearl Muted #DADECF
Lighter companion: Chartreuse Mist Muted #E8EAE1
Darker companion: Chartreuse Bloom Muted #C7CDB7
Complementary counterpoint: Violet Pearl Muted #D1CFDE
Analogous lead: Moss Pearl Muted #D4DECF
Analogous echo: Amber Pearl Muted #DEDBCF
Triadic +120°: Cerulean Pearl Muted #CFDBDE
Triadic +240°: Peony Pearl Muted #DECFDB
Split-comp +150°: Cobalt Pearl Muted #CFD4DE
Split-comp +210°: Mulberry Pearl Muted #D9CFDE

Compare

See how Chartreuse Pearl Muted compares side by side with related colors.

vsChartreuse Mist MutedvsChartreuse Bloom MutedvsViolet Pearl MutedvsMoss Pearl MutedvsAmber Pearl MutedvsCerulean Pearl Muted

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Chartreuse Pearl Faint
#D8DAD2 · hsl(75, 10%, 84%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Pearl Dust
#DCE1CC · hsl(75, 26%, 84%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Mist Muted
#E8EAE1 · hsl(75, 18%, 90%)
Nearby match
Honey Pearl Muted
#DBDECF · hsl(70, 18%, 84%)
Nearby match
Olive Pearl Muted
#D9DECF · hsl(80, 18%, 84%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Bloom Muted
#C7CDB7 · hsl(75, 18%, 76%)

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
AAA7.5:1
Violet Velvet Vivid
#361CBA
AAA7.6:1
Violet Velvet Bright
#2F11C5
AAA7.6:1
Violet Velvet Pure
#2909CE
AAA7.4:1
Violet Dusk Soft
#433974
AAA8.5:1
Violet Dusk Clear
#372886
AAA9.1:1
Violet Dusk Vivid
#2C1797

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#DCDBD4
Protanopia
#DCDCD3
Tritanopia
#DAD6D6
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Chartreuse Pearl Faint#D8DAD2 · hsl(75, 10%, 84%)Chartreuse Pearl Muted#DADECF · hsl(75, 18%, 84%)Chartreuse Pearl Dust#DCE1CC · hsl(75, 26%, 84%)Chartreuse Pearl Soft#DDE4C8 · hsl(75, 34%, 84%)Chartreuse Pearl Clear#E1ECC0 · hsl(75, 54%, 84%)Chartreuse Pearl Vivid#E5F4B8 · hsl(75, 74%, 84%)Chartreuse Pearl Bright#E7F8B4 · hsl(75, 84%, 84%)Chartreuse Pearl Pure#E9FCB1 · hsl(75, 92%, 84%)
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