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#C8FF68

Lime · very light cool green

About #C8FF68

#C8FF68 is a very light, vivid green colour. Digitally that works out to 78% red, 100% green and 41% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 59% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is somewhere between Lime and Mint (ΔE 25.6), with Mint the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #9F68FF (amethyst), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.96:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red200
Green255
Blue104

Closest named colours

Lime
#BFFF00 · ΔE 25.6
Mint
#98FF98 · ΔE 27.1
Lemon
#FFF44F · ΔE 27.6

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #C8FF68

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lime #C8FF68.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lime #C8FF68.
17.96:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8FF68 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8FF68
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFEF57
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFEC73
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CFF4DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8FF68?

#C8FF68 is a very light, vivid green colour. Digitally that works out to 78% red, 100% green and 41% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 59% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C8FF68?

Use black text. Black on #C8FF68 has a contrast ratio of 17.96:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8FF68?

Its complementary colour is #9F68FF, and analogous partners are #FFEB68 and #7CFF68.