Chartreuse (#7FFF00)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text

This is how text may look on this color.

Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 1.30:1 — vs black: 16.21:1

Color values

HEX #7FFF00
RGB rgb(127, 255, 0)
HSL hsl(90, 100%, 100%)
CMYK cmyk( 50.2, 0, 100, 0 )
Websafe #66FF00

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Tags

Mood

Style

Neon (200) Cool (180)

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Background (190)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #7FFF00 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Chartreuse
#7FFF00 Base

#8000FF

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Chartreuse
#7FFF00 Base

Yellow
#FFFF00

Green
#00FF00

Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Chartreuse
#7FFF00 Base

Azure
#007FFF

Rose
#FF007F

Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Chartreuse
#7FFF00 Base

Blue
#0000FF

Magenta
#FF00FF

Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Chartreuse
#7FFF00 Base

Cyan
#00FFFF

#8000FF

Red
#FF0000

Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Chartreuse
#7FFF00 Base

#336600

#59B300

#6BD600

#93FF29

#A5FF4D

#CCFF99

Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Chartreuse, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #0D1A00

— #244700

— #3A7500

— #51A300

— #68D100

Chartreuse #7FFF00 Base

— #96FF2E

— #ADFF5C

— #C4FF8A

— #DBFFB8

— #F2FFE6

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #7FFF00. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #7FFF00;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #7FFF00;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #7FFF00;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #7FFF00,
        #FFFFFF
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #7FFF00,
        #FFFFFF
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$chartreuse: #7FFF00;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$chartreuse-r: 127;
$chartreuse-g: 255;
$chartreuse-b: 0;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $chartreuse;
    color: rgba($chartreuse-r, $chartreuse-g, $chartreuse-b, 0.8);
}

Color Blindness Simulation

How Chartreuse appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #7FFF00 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #E3E324 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.

Protanopia #F5F500 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #9FF0F0 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #E2E2E2 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.

Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Chartreuse ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Chartreuse #7FFF00 Base

Lawn Green #7CFC00 ΔE 0.65

Bright Green #66FF00 ΔE 1.91

French Lime #9EFD38 ΔE 2.88

Harlequin #3FFF00 ΔE 3.93

How to use this color

Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.