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Chartreuse Veil Clear
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Chartreuse Veil Clear

Lime · Hue 75
Metrics
S 54% · L 98%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1:1Failon black20.5:1AA
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About this color

Chartreuse Veil Clear (#FBFDF7) belongs to the lime family — hue 75°, 54% saturation, 98% 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-veil-clear: #FBFDF7;
  --colorarchive-chartreuse-veil-clear-hsl: hsl(75, 54%, 98%);
  --colorarchive-chartreuse-veil-clear-rgb: rgb(251, 253, 247);
}

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 bright, airy reading of the hue — clean and approachable, the kind of color that holds up well in product photography and on light backgrounds.

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 clear, mid-saturation register is a common identity sweet spot — saturated enough to register as a 'real' color, restrained enough not to fight typography or photography placed over it.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #FBFDF7.

  • Vercelneutral
    Gray 1 · #FAFAFA
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  • OpenAIneutral
    Off White · #FAFAFA
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  • Anthropicbackground
    Anthropic Light · #FAF9F5
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #FBFDF7.

  • Korea (Obangsaek)Obangsaek White (백 / baek)
    #F5F5F2 · West — metal element, hemp linen
    →
  • Greece (Aegean)Limewashed White
    #F8F4EE · Calcium hydroxide on stone
    →
  • ScandinaviaSnow White
    #F4F0EA · Limewashed plaster, Nordic interiors
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using lime and color in design.

Brand & MarketingRetro Color Palette: Warm, Worn, and Deliberately OffColor PsychologyColor Memory and Brand Recognition: How Brands Own Colors Over TimeDesign SystemsNaming Colors in Design Systems: Semantic vs. Scale vs. Primitive

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.

Darker companion
Chartreuse Whisper Clear
#F4F8E7 · hsl(75, 54%, 94%)
Complementary counterpoint
Violet Veil Clear
#F8F7FD · hsl(250, 54%, 98%)
Analogous lead
Moss Veil Clear
#F9FDF7 · hsl(100, 54%, 98%)
Analogous echo
Amber Veil Clear
#FDFCF7 · hsl(50, 54%, 98%)
Triadic +120°
Cerulean Veil Clear
#F7FCFD · hsl(190, 54%, 98%)
Triadic +240°
Peony Veil Clear
#FDF7FC · hsl(310, 54%, 98%)
Split-comp +150°
Cobalt Veil Clear
#F7F9FD · hsl(220, 54%, 98%)
Split-comp +210°
Mulberry Veil Clear
#FBF7FD · hsl(280, 54%, 98%)
Export preview
Base: Chartreuse Veil Clear #FBFDF7
Darker companion: Chartreuse Whisper Clear #F4F8E7
Complementary counterpoint: Violet Veil Clear #F8F7FD
Analogous lead: Moss Veil Clear #F9FDF7
Analogous echo: Amber Veil Clear #FDFCF7
Triadic +120°: Cerulean Veil Clear #F7FCFD
Triadic +240°: Peony Veil Clear #FDF7FC
Split-comp +150°: Cobalt Veil Clear #F7F9FD
Split-comp +210°: Mulberry Veil Clear #FBF7FD

Compare

See how Chartreuse Veil Clear compares side by side with related colors.

vsChartreuse Whisper ClearvsViolet Veil ClearvsMoss Veil ClearvsAmber Veil ClearvsCerulean Veil ClearvsPeony Veil Clear

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Chartreuse Whisper Clear
#F4F8E7 · hsl(75, 54%, 94%)
Nearby match
Honey Veil Clear
#FCFDF7 · hsl(70, 54%, 98%)
Nearby match
Olive Veil Clear
#FBFDF7 · hsl(80, 54%, 98%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Mist Clear
#ECF3D8 · hsl(75, 54%, 90%)
Nearby match
Honey Whisper Clear
#F5F8E7 · hsl(70, 54%, 94%)
Nearby match
Olive Whisper Clear
#F2F8E7 · hsl(80, 54%, 94%)

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
AAA7.1:1
Violet Radiant Vivid
#5033E1
AAA7.4:1
Violet Radiant Bright
#4827EC
AAA7.5:1
Violet Radiant Pure
#421EF6
AAA7.8:1
Violet Core Clear
#4E38BC
AAA8.6:1
Violet Core Vivid
#3E20D5
AAA8.7:1
Violet Core Bright
#3614E1

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#FCFCF9
Protanopia
#FCFCF8
Tritanopia
#FBFAFA
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