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Lime
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C0FF00
sRGB (r, g, b)	(192, 255, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)	(75°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(93, 111, 106°)
Source	RGB color system
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to (byte) H: Normalized to (hundred)

Lime is a color that is a shade of yellow-green, so named because it is a representation of the color of the citrus fruit called limes. It is the color that is in between the web color chartreuse and yellow on the color wheel. Alternate names for this color included yellow-green, lemon-lime, lime green, or bitter lime.

The first recorded use of lime green as a color name in English was in 1890.

Lime (color hex code #C0FF00) is a pure spectral color at approximately 564 nanometers on the visible spectrum when plotted on the CIE chromaticity diagram.

Usage

During the 2000s, lime green was a very popular aesthetic, particularly with products, throughout the entirety of the decade and eventually saw a resurgence during the early 2020s. Famous examples include Song Airlines, Crocs shoes, and the Seattle Seahawks.

Some fire engines in the United States are lime yellow rather than red due to safety and ergonomics reasons. A 2009 study by the U.S. Fire Administration concluded that fluorescent colors, including yellow-green and orange, are easiest to spot in daylight.

In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a lime-colored bandana means one is into the sexual fetish of sitophilia, otherwise known as food fetishism.

The National Rugby League team Canberra Raiders uses lime green as one of its main colors, as does the National Football League’s Seattle Seahawks, which utilizes a color officially named Action Green, which strongly resembles lime green.

Variations

Key lime

Key lime
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E8F48C
sRGB (r, g, b)	(232, 244, 140)
HSV (h, s, v)	(67°, 43%, 96%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(93, 68, 92°)
Source	Crayola Key Lime Pearl (Pearl Brites)
B: Normalized to (byte)

Key lime is a light lime color that is named after a Crayola Pearl Brites crayon.

Lemon-lime

Lemon-lime
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E3FF00
sRGB (r, g, b)	(227, 255, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)	(67°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(95, 107, 96°)
Source	Sprite
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to (byte)

Lemon-lime is a fluorescent chartreuse color that is named after carbonated soft drinks such as Sprite, 7 Up, and Sierra Mist. The red value to this neon color is almost to yellow.

Arctic lime

Arctic lime
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#D0FF14
sRGB (r, g, b)	(208, 255, 20)
HSV (h, s, v)	(72°, 92%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(94, 108, 102°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to (byte)

The color Arctic lime is close to electric lime, and was named in 2009. This is one of the colors in Crayola's eXtreme colors ultra-bright colored pencils.

Peridot

Peridot
Peridot gemstones
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E6E200
sRGB (r, g, b)	(230, 226, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)	(59°, 100%, 90%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(88, 96, 84°)
Source	Encycolorpedia
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid greenish yellow
B: Normalized to (byte)

The color peridot is a shade of lime with lemon undertones, which represents the color of the peridot gemstone. Peridot is the birthstone for those born in August.

Volt

Volt
Nike sneakers, mostly colored volt
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#CEFF00
sRGB (r, g, b)	(206, 255, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)	(72°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(94, 109, 102°)
Source	Complex
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to (byte)

The color Volt is used by Nike in several of their athletic products, most notably their Air Max 90 Hyperfuse sneakers, which were introduced in 2011. This color is similar to electric lime.

Electric lime

Electric lime
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#CCFF00
sRGB (r, g, b)	(204, 255, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)	(72°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(94, 110, 103°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to (byte)

Electric lime is a Crayola color created in 1990. This tint of lime is popular in psychedelic art.

French lime

French Lime
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#9EFD38
sRGB (r, g, b)	(158, 253, 56)
HSV (h, s, v)	(89°, 78%, 99%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(91, 111, 115°)
Source	Pourpre.com
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to (byte)

The color French lime is the shade of lime called "lime" in the Pourpre.com color list, a color list widely popular in France.

Web color "lime" (X11 Green)

Lime (HTML/CSS); Green (X11)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#00FF00
sRGB (r, g, b)	(0, 255, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)	(120°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(88, 136, 128°)
Source	HTML/CSS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellowish green
B: Normalized to (byte)

The web color named "lime", in the CSS color scheme maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), has the identical normalized color coordinates as the color green, as found in X11 color names formulized over 1985–1989. The web color lime / X11 color green match the green primary color of the RGB color model.

The W3C web color named green is darker than the color named green in X11, using the HTML color code #008000 as compared to the color code #00FF00 in X11. This lime versus green issue is one of the very few clashes between web and X11 colors in the CSS color scheme.

Lime green

Lime green
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#32CD32
sRGB (r, g, b)	(50, 205, 50)
HSV (h, s, v)	(120°, 76%, 80%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(73, 103, 128°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellowish green
B: Normalized to (byte)

Lime green is a vivid yellowish green web color.

Bright lime

Bright lime
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#72FE00
sRGB (r, g, b)	(114, 254, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)	(93°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(89, 125, 121°)
Source
B: Normalized to (byte)

Bright lime is a luminous vivid chartreuse green web color.

See also

• List of colors

References

1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill; The index refers to Plate 20 Color Sample J1 as Lime Green; this color is shown on Plate 20 as being halfway between yellow-green (the old name for the color that is now called chartreuse green) and yellow on the color wheel.
2. lime colour, Canva. "Colour Meanings". Canva.
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11. "frontline: the persuaders: shaping a new brand | PBS". PBS. 12 November 2004. Archived from the original on 12 November 2004. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
12. "A bittersweet story of Song Airlines: low-cost brand of Delta Air Lines". Aviation Nepal. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
13. McMurtry, Ian (6 February 2015). "TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Song Airlines – AirlineGeeks.com". AirlineGeeks.com – LIVE. LOVE. AVIATION. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
14. Staff Writer (16 April 2003). "Song takes flight while airlines sing the blues". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
15. "The colourful clog that is all the rage". investors.crocs.com. 24 September 2005. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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17. "Have you been bit yet?". investors.crocs.com. 11 August 2005. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
18. Drahold, Byron (17 March 2017). "St. Patrick's Day special: History of the Seahawks green uniforms". Seahawks Wire. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
19. "Why lime-yellow fire trucks are safer than red". American Psychological Association. 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
20. "Gay Hanky Code, Bandanna Code Meanings". Gay City USA. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
21. Best, Joel; Bogle, Kathleen A. (19 November 2017). Kids Gone Wild: From Rainbow Parties to Sexting, Understanding the Hype Over Teen Sex. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814760659. Retrieved 19 November 2017 – via Google Books.
22. "Peridot / #e6e200 Hex Color Code". encycolorpedia.com.
23. "The 10 Most Significant Colors in Sneaker History1. Volt". Complex. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
24. Bilik, Yan. "Dictionnaire des noms de couleurs". pourpre.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
25. ^ "W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords". W3.org. Retrieved 8 June 2010.

External links

• Lime colored limeade drinks from the cover of a 1975 cookbook

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