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#C8FF2E

#c8ff2e ≈ Electric Lime

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#c8ff2e is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 100% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 81.96% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 75.79°, with 100% saturation and 59.02% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with freshness, growth and vitality. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Lime (#ccff00), ΔE 1.71.

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Web safe#ccff33
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Relative luminance0.84

Complementary

  1. #c8ff2e
  2. #652eff

Split complementary

  1. #c8ff2e
  2. #2e5fff
  3. #ce2eff

Analogous

  1. #ffce2e
  2. #c8ff2e
  3. #5fff2e

Triadic

  1. #c8ff2e
  2. #2ec8ff
  3. #ff2ec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8ff2e
  2. #2eff65
  3. #652eff
  4. #ff2ec8

Square

  1. #c8ff2e
  2. #2effce
  3. #652eff
  4. #ff2e5f

Monochromatic

  1. #6d9400
  2. #a5e100
  3. #c8ff2e
  4. #dcff7b
  5. #f0ffc7

Shades

#c8ff2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8ff2e
  2. #b4e629
  3. #a0cc25
  4. #8cb320
  5. #78991c
  6. #648017
  7. #506612
  8. #3c4d0e
  9. #283309
  10. #141a05
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8ff2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8ff2e
  2. #ceff43
  3. #d3ff58
  4. #d9ff6d
  5. #deff82
  6. #e4ff97
  7. #e9ffab
  8. #efffc0
  9. #f4ffd5
  10. #faffea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8ff2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8ff2e
  2. #c1f236
  3. #bae63e
  4. #b2d947
  5. #abcc4f
  6. #a4c057
  7. #9db35f
  8. #96a667
  9. #8e9970
  10. #878d78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ececec ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dff4be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffee00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffec47 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d2f2da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f5f500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f0f43e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cef7b0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8ff2e {
  color: #c8ff2e;
}
Background
.bg-c8ff2e {
  background-color: #c8ff2e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8ff2e {
  border: 2px solid #c8ff2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8ff2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 255 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 76 100% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8ff2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8ff2e, #5fff2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8ff2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 255 46 / 0.35);
}

#ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 1.71 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 3.89 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 4.03 #dfff00 Chartreuse Yellow ΔE 4.57 #e3ff00 Lemon Lime ΔE 5.26 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 6.91 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 7.81 #3700d1 Inverted #ececec Grayscale 

Electric Lime
#c8ff2e  rgb(200, 255, 46)  hsl(76, 100%, 59%)  Electric Lime
#652eff  rgb(101, 46, 255)  hsl(256, 100%, 59%)  Electric Indigo
#2ec8ff  rgb(46, 200, 255)  hsl(196, 100%, 59%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ff2ec8  rgb(255, 46, 200)  hsl(316, 100%, 59%)  Shocking Pink