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Lime Core Muted
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Lime Core Muted

Lime · Hue 90
Metrics
S 18% · L 48%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white3.5:1AA Largeon black6:1AA
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About this color

Lime Core Muted (#7A9064) belongs to the lime family — hue 90°, 18% saturation, 48% 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-core-muted: #7A9064;
  --colorarchive-lime-core-muted-hsl: hsl(90, 18%, 48%);
  --colorarchive-lime-core-muted-rgb: rgb(122, 144, 100);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

VibrantYouthfulDynamic
Common in

Gaming · Streetwear · Energy Drinks

Pairs well with

Black or dark purple for high-contrast impact, white for clean energy

Design tip

Best for accent elements that need to pop. Use with dark backgrounds for maximum visibility in gaming and tech interfaces.

Cultural context ▶

Electric lime signals youth culture, technology, and rebellion. Popular in gaming and urban fashion.

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 grounded mid-tone — sober, considered, well-suited to body text accents, editorial layouts, or any context where restraint reads as quality.

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: The low saturation pulls this color toward earthen, vintage, or editorial palettes. It reads as confident and grown-up rather than playful, and it tolerates being used in large blocks without becoming visually noisy.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #7A9064.

  • Anthropicaccent
    Anthropic Green · #788C5D
    →
  • Notionneutral
    Notion Gray · #787774
    →
  • Microsoftneutral
    Slate Gray · #737373
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #7A9064.

  • IrelandPasture Green
    #7C9A4C · Limestone-base pastureland, the West
    →
  • AustraliaBush Khaki
    #8E895C · Outback grassland in dry season
    →
  • France (Paris)Seine Steel
    #7E8A93 · River reflectivity in winter
    →

Color guides

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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
Lime Radiant Muted
#8A9F75 · hsl(90, 18%, 54%)
Darker companion
Lime Velvet Muted
#6B7E58 · hsl(90, 18%, 42%)
Complementary counterpoint
Plum Core Muted
#7A6490 · hsl(270, 18%, 48%)
Analogous lead
Clover Core Muted
#689064 · hsl(115, 18%, 48%)
Analogous echo
Honey Core Muted
#899064 · hsl(70, 18%, 48%)
Triadic +120°
Sapphire Core Muted
#647A90 · hsl(210, 18%, 48%)
Triadic +240°
Blush Core Muted
#90647A · hsl(330, 18%, 48%)
Split-comp +150°
Iris Core Muted
#646490 · hsl(240, 18%, 48%)
Split-comp +210°
Fuchsia Core Muted
#906490 · hsl(300, 18%, 48%)
Export preview
Base: Lime Core Muted #7A9064
Lighter companion: Lime Radiant Muted #8A9F75
Darker companion: Lime Velvet Muted #6B7E58
Complementary counterpoint: Plum Core Muted #7A6490
Analogous lead: Clover Core Muted #689064
Analogous echo: Honey Core Muted #899064
Triadic +120°: Sapphire Core Muted #647A90
Triadic +240°: Blush Core Muted #90647A
Split-comp +150°: Iris Core Muted #646490
Split-comp +210°: Fuchsia Core Muted #906490

Compare

See how Lime Core Muted compares side by side with related colors.

vsLime Radiant MutedvsLime Velvet MutedvsPlum Core MutedvsClover Core MutedvsHoney Core MutedvsSapphire Core Muted

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Lime Core Faint
#7A876E · hsl(90, 10%, 48%)
Nearby match
Lime Core Dust
#7A9A5B · hsl(90, 26%, 48%)
Nearby match
Lime Velvet Muted
#6B7E58 · hsl(90, 18%, 42%)
Nearby match
Lime Radiant Muted
#8A9F75 · hsl(90, 18%, 54%)
Nearby match
Lime Core Soft
#7AA451 · hsl(90, 34%, 48%)
Nearby match
Lime Velvet Faint
#6B7660 · hsl(90, 10%, 42%)

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
AA4.5:1
Plum Nocturne Vivid
#330D59
AA4.5:1
Plum Nocturne Bright
#33085E
AA4.5:1
Plum Nocturne Pure
#330462
AA4.6:1
Plum Ink Faint
#242027
AA4.7:1
Plum Ink Muted
#241D2A
AA4.8:1
Plum Ink Dust
#241A2D

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#838173
Protanopia
#848471
Tritanopia
#7B7A7B
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Lime Core Faint#7A876E · hsl(90, 10%, 48%)Lime Core Muted#7A9064 · hsl(90, 18%, 48%)Lime Core Dust#7A9A5B · hsl(90, 26%, 48%)Lime Core Soft#7AA451 · hsl(90, 34%, 48%)Lime Core Clear#7ABC38 · hsl(90, 54%, 48%)Lime Core Vivid#7AD520 · hsl(90, 74%, 48%)Lime Core Bright#7AE114 · hsl(90, 84%, 48%)Lime Core Pure#7AEB0A · hsl(90, 92%, 48%)
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