French Lime (#9EFD38)

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: 1.27:1 — vs black: 16.56:1

Color values

HEX #9EFD38
RGB rgb(158, 253, 56)
HSL hsl(88, 77%, 99%)
CMYK cmyk( 37.55, 0, 77.87, 0.78 )

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Tags

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Use case

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

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Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #9EFD38 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

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

French Lime
#9EFD38 Base

#9738FD

Analogous

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

French Lime
#9EFD38 Base

#FDFA38

#3BFD38

Triadic

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

French Lime
#9EFD38 Base

#389EFD

#FD389E

Split-Complementary

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

French Lime
#9EFD38 Base

#383BFD

#FA38FD

Tetradic (Square)

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

French Lime
#9EFD38 Base

#38FDFA

#9738FD

#FD383B

Monochromatic

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

French Lime
#9EFD38 Base

#519A02

#78E602

#8AFD10

#B2FD60

#C3FE84

#E8FFCF

Shades & Tints

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

Shades (darker)

— #0D1900

— #2B5101

— #488A01

— #65C202

— #83FA03

French Lime #9EFD38 Base

— #AFFD5B

— #C0FE7D

— #D1FEA0

— #E2FEC3

— #F3FFE6

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #9EFD38. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #9EFD38;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #9EFD38;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #9EFD38;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #9EFD38,
        #FDFBFF
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #9EFD38,
        #FDFBFF
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$french-lime: #9EFD38;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$french-lime-r: 158;
$french-lime-g: 253;
$french-lime-b: 56;

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

Color Blindness Simulation

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

Normal Vision #9EFD38 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #E7E741 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 #F5F536 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #B6EFEF Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #E4E4E4 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 French Lime ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

French Lime #9EFD38 Base

Green Yellow #ADFF2F ΔE 2.13

Spring Bud #A7FC00 ΔE 2.73

Chartreuse #7FFF00 ΔE 2.88

Lawn Green #7CFC00 ΔE 3.02

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.