Information about Pale Lime color

#BEFD73 - Pale Lime color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BEFD73, known as "Pale Lime", falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Full Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(190, 253, 115) — 74.5% red, 99.2% green, 45.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 25 / 0 / 54 / 1. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#BEFD73 is a pure, full-strength zesty chartreuse that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. It is a natural fit for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Light Lime Green (#B9FF66). Slightly further away sit Light Brilliant Spring Bud (#C5FF65) and Light Pea Green (#C4FE82).

In RGB terms — rgb(190, 253, 115) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BEFD73: 17.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.2:1 for white. The name "Pale Lime" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

Pale Lime color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Pale Lime color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to Pale Lime

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BEFD73
  • RGB190, 253, 115
  • CMYK25, 0, 54, 1
  • CSSrgb(190, 253, 115)
  • HSL87°, 97%, 72%
  • HSL Precise87.391°, 97.183%, 72.157%
  • HSV87°, 55%, 99%
  • HSB87°, 55%, 99%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.745
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.992
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.451
  • GLSLvec3(0.745, 0.992, 0.451)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.745, 0.992, 0.451, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.745, 0.992, 0.451)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB74.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB99.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB45.1%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBEFD73
  • DECIMAL ID12516723
  • Name Length9
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