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Lime Bloom Clear
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Lime Bloom Clear

Lime · Hue 90
Metrics
S 54% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.4:1Failon black14.8:1AA
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About this color

Lime Bloom Clear (#C2E3A1) belongs to the lime family — hue 90°, 54% saturation, 76% 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-lime-bloom-clear: #C2E3A1;
  --colorarchive-lime-bloom-clear-hsl: hsl(90, 54%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-lime-bloom-clear-rgb: rgb(194, 227, 161);
}

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 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 #C2E3A1.

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

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #C2E3A1.

  • France (Paris)Lutetian Limestone
    #E5DDC8 · Paris facade stone (Haussmannian-era buildings)
    →
  • ScandinaviaOat Beige
    #D5C7A7 · Linseed oil-treated pine
    →
  • IcelandLopapeysa Cream
    #E8DFCC · Undyed Icelandic sheep wool
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using lime and color in design.

UI DesignOnboarding Color Design: Directing Attention Without Overwhelming New UsersColor TheorySeasonal Color Design: When to Update Your UI Palette and When to HoldAccessibilityColor in Wayfinding: How to Design Color-Coded Navigation Systems

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
Lime Pearl Clear
#D6ECC0 · hsl(90, 54%, 84%)
Darker companion
Lime Silk Clear
#ADD981 · hsl(90, 54%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Plum Bloom Clear
#C2A1E3 · hsl(270, 54%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Clover Bloom Clear
#A6E3A1 · hsl(115, 54%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Honey Bloom Clear
#D8E3A1 · hsl(70, 54%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Sapphire Bloom Clear
#A1C2E3 · hsl(210, 54%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Blush Bloom Clear
#E3A1C2 · hsl(330, 54%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Iris Bloom Clear
#A1A1E3 · hsl(240, 54%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Fuchsia Bloom Clear
#E3A1E3 · hsl(300, 54%, 76%)
Export preview
Base: Lime Bloom Clear #C2E3A1
Lighter companion: Lime Pearl Clear #D6ECC0
Darker companion: Lime Silk Clear #ADD981
Complementary counterpoint: Plum Bloom Clear #C2A1E3
Analogous lead: Clover Bloom Clear #A6E3A1
Analogous echo: Honey Bloom Clear #D8E3A1
Triadic +120°: Sapphire Bloom Clear #A1C2E3
Triadic +240°: Blush Bloom Clear #E3A1C2
Split-comp +150°: Iris Bloom Clear #A1A1E3
Split-comp +210°: Fuchsia Bloom Clear #E3A1E3

Compare

See how Lime Bloom Clear compares side by side with related colors.

vsLime Pearl ClearvsLime Silk ClearvsPlum Bloom ClearvsClover Bloom ClearvsHoney Bloom ClearvsSapphire Bloom Clear

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Lime Silk Clear
#ADD981 · hsl(90, 54%, 68%)
Nearby match
Lime Pearl Clear
#D6ECC0 · hsl(90, 54%, 84%)
Nearby match
Lime Bloom Soft
#C2D7AD · hsl(90, 34%, 76%)
Nearby match
Lime Bloom Vivid
#C2EF95 · hsl(90, 74%, 76%)
Nearby match
Lime Mist Clear
#E6F3D8 · hsl(90, 54%, 90%)
Nearby match
Olive Bloom Clear
#CDE3A1 · hsl(80, 54%, 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
AAA7.2:1
Plum Dusk Clear
#572886
AAA7.5:1
Plum Dusk Vivid
#571797
AAA7.5:1
Plum Dusk Bright
#570EA0
AAA7.4:1
Plum Dusk Pure
#5707A6
AAA7:1
Plum Shadow Faint
#47404F
AAA7.3:1
Plum Shadow Muted
#473B54

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#CFCDB8
Protanopia
#D1D1B4
Tritanopia
#C4C1C4
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Lime Bloom Faint#C2C8BC · hsl(90, 10%, 76%)Lime Bloom Muted#C2CDB7 · hsl(90, 18%, 76%)Lime Bloom Dust#C2D2B2 · hsl(90, 26%, 76%)Lime Bloom Soft#C2D7AD · hsl(90, 34%, 76%)Lime Bloom Clear#C2E3A1 · hsl(90, 54%, 76%)Lime Bloom Vivid#C2EF95 · hsl(90, 74%, 76%)Lime Bloom Bright#C2F58E · hsl(90, 84%, 76%)Lime Bloom Pure#C2FA89 · hsl(90, 92%, 76%)
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