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Honey Mist Pure
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Honey Mist Pure

Lime · Hue 70
Metrics
S 92% · L 90%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.1:1Failon black19.8:1AA
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About this color

Honey Mist Pure (#F5FDCE) belongs to the lime family — hue 70°, 92% 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-honey-mist-pure: #F5FDCE;
  --colorarchive-honey-mist-pure-hsl: hsl(70, 92%, 90%);
  --colorarchive-honey-mist-pure-rgb: rgb(245, 253, 206);
}

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 #F5FDCE.

  • Anthropicbackground
    Anthropic Light · #FAF9F5
    →
  • Lululemonneutral
    Off White · #F5F5F5
    →
  • Vercelneutral
    Gray 1 · #FAFAFA
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #F5FDCE.

  • AustraliaBeach Cream
    #F2EFE1 · Western Australian quartz sand
    →
  • Greece (Aegean)Limewashed White
    #F8F4EE · Calcium hydroxide on stone
    →
  • JapanWashi Cream (和紙)
    #F4ECD8 · Unbleached mulberry-fiber paper
    →

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
Honey Whisper Pure
#F9FEE2 · hsl(70, 92%, 94%)
Darker companion
Honey Pearl Pure
#EFFCB1 · hsl(70, 92%, 84%)
Complementary counterpoint
Violet Mist Pure
#D6CEFD · hsl(250, 92%, 90%)
Analogous lead
Lime Mist Pure
#E6FDCE · hsl(90, 92%, 90%)
Analogous echo
Saffron Mist Pure
#FDF1CE · hsl(45, 92%, 90%)
Triadic +120°
Cerulean Mist Pure
#CEF5FD · hsl(190, 92%, 90%)
Triadic +240°
Peony Mist Pure
#FDCEF5 · hsl(310, 92%, 90%)
Split-comp +150°
Cobalt Mist Pure
#CEDEFD · hsl(220, 92%, 90%)
Split-comp +210°
Mulberry Mist Pure
#EDCEFD · hsl(280, 92%, 90%)
Export preview
Base: Honey Mist Pure #F5FDCE
Lighter companion: Honey Whisper Pure #F9FEE2
Darker companion: Honey Pearl Pure #EFFCB1
Complementary counterpoint: Violet Mist Pure #D6CEFD
Analogous lead: Lime Mist Pure #E6FDCE
Analogous echo: Saffron Mist Pure #FDF1CE
Triadic +120°: Cerulean Mist Pure #CEF5FD
Triadic +240°: Peony Mist Pure #FDCEF5
Split-comp +150°: Cobalt Mist Pure #CEDEFD
Split-comp +210°: Mulberry Mist Pure #EDCEFD

Compare

See how Honey Mist Pure compares side by side with related colors.

vsHoney Whisper PurevsHoney Pearl PurevsViolet Mist PurevsLime Mist PurevsSaffron Mist PurevsCerulean Mist Pure

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Honey Whisper Pure
#F9FEE2 · hsl(70, 92%, 94%)
Nearby match
Honey Mist Bright
#F4FBD0 · hsl(70, 84%, 90%)
Nearby match
Honey Pearl Pure
#EFFCB1 · hsl(70, 92%, 84%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Mist Pure
#F1FDCE · hsl(75, 92%, 90%)
Nearby match
Honey Veil Pure
#FDFFF5 · hsl(70, 92%, 98%)
Nearby match
Honey Whisper Bright
#F8FDE3 · hsl(70, 84%, 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 Bright
#4827EC
AAA7.2:1
Violet Radiant Pure
#421EF6
AAA7.6:1
Violet Core Clear
#4E38BC
AAA8.4:1
Violet Core Vivid
#3E20D5
AAA8.5:1
Violet Core Bright
#3614E1
AAA8.4:1
Violet Core Pure
#2F0AEB

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#F8F7DD
Protanopia
#F9F9DB
Tritanopia
#F5E4E6
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