Lime Bloom Vivid (#C2EF95) belongs to the lime family — hue 90°, 74% 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.
:root { --colorarchive-lime-bloom-vivid: #C2EF95; --colorarchive-lime-bloom-vivid-hsl: hsl(90, 74%, 76%); --colorarchive-lime-bloom-vivid-rgb: rgb(194, 239, 149); }
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White for cleanliness, soft pink for playful contrast
Use for wellness and eco-friendly brands. Light lime as a background creates an airy, energizing feel.
Light lime represents freshness, vitality, and new growth. Common in spring-themed and health-focused design.
Half spring leaf, half pop-art neon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Base: Lime Bloom Vivid #C2EF95 Lighter companion: Lime Pearl Vivid #D6F4B8 Darker companion: Lime Silk Vivid #ADEA71 Complementary counterpoint: Plum Bloom Vivid #C295EF Analogous lead: Clover Bloom Vivid #9CEF95 Analogous echo: Honey Bloom Vivid #E0EF95 Triadic +120°: Sapphire Bloom Vivid #95C2EF Triadic +240°: Blush Bloom Vivid #EF95C2 Split-comp +150°: Iris Bloom Vivid #9595EF Split-comp +210°: Fuchsia Bloom Vivid #EF95EF
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