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Lime Dusk Vivid

Lime · Hue 90
Metrics
S 74% · L 34%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white3.6:1AA Largeon black5.8:1AA
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About this color

Lime Dusk Vivid (#579717) belongs to the lime family — hue 90°, 74% saturation, 34% 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-dusk-vivid: #579717;
  --colorarchive-lime-dusk-vivid-hsl: hsl(90, 74%, 34%);
  --colorarchive-lime-dusk-vivid-rgb: rgb(87, 151, 23);
}

AI Color Names

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

Design Context

OrganicSustainableGrounded
Common in

Agriculture · Sustainable Fashion · Landscape Architecture

Pairs well with

Earth tones (brown, tan), warm whites, or muted terracotta

Design tip

Ideal for brands emphasizing sustainability. Olive tones work well in navigation and secondary UI elements.

Cultural context ▶

Olive and dark lime connect to nature, military, and sustainability. Evokes resilience and growth.

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 jewel tone — saturated and dark at once. This is the register of velvet, deep enamel, and old-world luxury.

Lightness band: At this depth the hue starts behaving like a neutral — it can substitute for black in many contexts while still carrying a faint chromatic temperature. It pairs especially well with off-whites and warm metallics.

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 #579717.

  • Googleprimary
    Google Green · #34A853
    →
  • Anthropicaccent
    Anthropic Green · #788C5D
    →
  • GitHubaccent
    Success Green · #2DA44E
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #579717.

  • VietnamRice Paddy Green
    #5F8D4E · Mekong Delta
    →
  • IrelandPasture Green
    #7C9A4C · Limestone-base pastureland, the West
    →
  • England (London)Plane Tree Green
    #5C7A5A · Platanus × hispanica, London street tree
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using lime and color in design.

Color TheoryColor and Motion: Using Color to Guide Attention in Animated InterfacesColor PsychologyColor and Memory: How Color Improves Learning and Information RecallBrand & MarketingArchitecture Color Palette: Tone Systems for Firms, Portfolios, and Built Environment Brands

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 Velvet Vivid
#6BBA1C · hsl(90, 74%, 42%)
Darker companion
Lime Shadow Vivid
#477C13 · hsl(90, 74%, 28%)
Complementary counterpoint
Plum Dusk Vivid
#571797 · hsl(270, 74%, 34%)
Analogous lead
Clover Dusk Vivid
#219717 · hsl(115, 74%, 34%)
Analogous echo
Honey Dusk Vivid
#819717 · hsl(70, 74%, 34%)
Triadic +120°
Sapphire Dusk Vivid
#175797 · hsl(210, 74%, 34%)
Triadic +240°
Blush Dusk Vivid
#971757 · hsl(330, 74%, 34%)
Split-comp +150°
Iris Dusk Vivid
#171797 · hsl(240, 74%, 34%)
Split-comp +210°
Fuchsia Dusk Vivid
#971797 · hsl(300, 74%, 34%)
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Base: Lime Dusk Vivid #579717
Lighter companion: Lime Velvet Vivid #6BBA1C
Darker companion: Lime Shadow Vivid #477C13
Complementary counterpoint: Plum Dusk Vivid #571797
Analogous lead: Clover Dusk Vivid #219717
Analogous echo: Honey Dusk Vivid #819717
Triadic +120°: Sapphire Dusk Vivid #175797
Triadic +240°: Blush Dusk Vivid #971757
Split-comp +150°: Iris Dusk Vivid #171797
Split-comp +210°: Fuchsia Dusk Vivid #971797

Compare

See how Lime Dusk Vivid compares side by side with related colors.

vsLime Velvet VividvsLime Shadow VividvsPlum Dusk VividvsClover Dusk VividvsHoney Dusk VividvsSapphire Dusk Vivid

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Lime Shadow Vivid
#477C13 · hsl(90, 74%, 28%)
Nearby match
Lime Dusk Bright
#57A00E · hsl(90, 84%, 34%)
Nearby match
Lime Velvet Vivid
#6BBA1C · hsl(90, 74%, 42%)
Nearby match
Lime Dusk Pure
#57A607 · hsl(90, 92%, 34%)
Nearby match
Lime Shadow Bright
#47830B · hsl(90, 84%, 28%)
Nearby match
Lime Dusk Clear
#578628 · hsl(90, 54%, 34%)

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 Ink Faint
#242027
AA4.6:1
Plum Ink Muted
#241D2A
AA4.6:1
Plum Ink Dust
#241A2D
AA4.7:1
Plum Ink Soft
#241830
AA4.9:1
Plum Ink Clear
#241037
AA4.9:1
Plum Ink Vivid
#24093E

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#746F59
Protanopia
#787951
Tritanopia
#5C686D
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Lime Dusk Faint#575F4E · hsl(90, 10%, 34%)Lime Dusk Muted#576647 · hsl(90, 18%, 34%)Lime Dusk Dust#576D40 · hsl(90, 26%, 34%)Lime Dusk Soft#577439 · hsl(90, 34%, 34%)Lime Dusk Clear#578628 · hsl(90, 54%, 34%)Lime Dusk Vivid#579717 · hsl(90, 74%, 34%)Lime Dusk Bright#57A00E · hsl(90, 84%, 34%)Lime Dusk Pure#57A607 · hsl(90, 92%, 34%)
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