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Chartreuse Silk Pure
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Chartreuse Silk Pure

Lime · Hue 75
Metrics
S 92% · L 68%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.2:1Failon black17.4:1AA
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About this color

Chartreuse Silk Pure (#D3F862) belongs to the lime family — hue 75°, 92% saturation, 68% 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-silk-pure: #D3F862;
  --colorarchive-chartreuse-silk-pure-hsl: hsl(75, 92%, 68%);
  --colorarchive-chartreuse-silk-pure-rgb: rgb(211, 248, 98);
}

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

A vivid mid-tone — distinctive enough to anchor an identity, saturated enough to demand a quiet supporting palette.

Lightness band: At mid-lightness the hue carries its full character. This is the band where many identity colors live: bright enough to be distinctive at small sizes, deep enough to sit cleanly on a white canvas.

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 #D3F862.

  • Discordaccent
    Idle Yellow · #FEE75C
    →
  • Patagoniasecondary
    Sunset Yellow · #F4D54F
    →
  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #D3F862.

  • Korea (Obangsaek)Obangsaek Yellow (황 / hwang)
    #F2C94C · Center — earth element, royal robe
    →
  • Italy (Tuscany)Tuscan Cream
    #EDDFC6 · Travertine limestone
    →
  • France (Paris)Lutetian Limestone
    #E5DDC8 · Paris facade stone (Haussmannian-era buildings)
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using lime and color in design.

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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 Bloom Pure
#DEFA89 · hsl(75, 92%, 76%)
Darker companion
Chartreuse Tone Pure
#C8F73B · hsl(75, 92%, 60%)
Complementary counterpoint
Violet Silk Pure
#7B62F8 · hsl(250, 92%, 68%)
Analogous lead
Moss Silk Pure
#94F862 · hsl(100, 92%, 68%)
Analogous echo
Amber Silk Pure
#F8DF62 · hsl(50, 92%, 68%)
Triadic +120°
Cerulean Silk Pure
#62DFF8 · hsl(190, 92%, 68%)
Triadic +240°
Peony Silk Pure
#F862DF · hsl(310, 92%, 68%)
Split-comp +150°
Cobalt Silk Pure
#6294F8 · hsl(220, 92%, 68%)
Split-comp +210°
Mulberry Silk Pure
#C662F8 · hsl(280, 92%, 68%)
Export preview
Base: Chartreuse Silk Pure #D3F862
Lighter companion: Chartreuse Bloom Pure #DEFA89
Darker companion: Chartreuse Tone Pure #C8F73B
Complementary counterpoint: Violet Silk Pure #7B62F8
Analogous lead: Moss Silk Pure #94F862
Analogous echo: Amber Silk Pure #F8DF62
Triadic +120°: Cerulean Silk Pure #62DFF8
Triadic +240°: Peony Silk Pure #F862DF
Split-comp +150°: Cobalt Silk Pure #6294F8
Split-comp +210°: Mulberry Silk Pure #C662F8

Compare

See how Chartreuse Silk Pure compares side by side with related colors.

vsChartreuse Bloom PurevsChartreuse Tone PurevsViolet Silk PurevsMoss Silk PurevsAmber Silk PurevsCerulean Silk Pure

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Chartreuse Silk Bright
#D0F269 · hsl(75, 84%, 68%)
Nearby match
Honey Silk Pure
#DFF862 · hsl(70, 92%, 68%)
Nearby match
Olive Silk Pure
#C6F862 · hsl(80, 92%, 68%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Tone Pure
#C8F73B · hsl(75, 92%, 60%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Bloom Pure
#DEFA89 · hsl(75, 92%, 76%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Silk Vivid
#CCEA71 · hsl(75, 74%, 68%)

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 Vivid
#3E20D5
AAA7.4:1
Violet Core Bright
#3614E1
AAA7.3:1
Violet Core Pure
#2F0AEB
AAA7.8:1
Violet Velvet Clear
#4531A5
AAA8.5:1
Violet Velvet Vivid
#361CBA
AAA8.7:1
Violet Velvet Bright
#2F11C5

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#E2DFA3
Protanopia
#E4E499
Tritanopia
#D5B7BD
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Chartreuse Silk Faint#B1B6A5 · hsl(75, 10%, 68%)Chartreuse Silk Muted#B5BC9F · hsl(75, 18%, 68%)Chartreuse Silk Dust#B8C398 · hsl(75, 26%, 68%)Chartreuse Silk Soft#BBC992 · hsl(75, 34%, 68%)Chartreuse Silk Clear#C3D981 · hsl(75, 54%, 68%)Chartreuse Silk Vivid#CCEA71 · hsl(75, 74%, 68%)Chartreuse Silk Bright#D0F269 · hsl(75, 84%, 68%)Chartreuse Silk Pure#D3F862 · hsl(75, 92%, 68%)
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