Close to Lime Green

#09BB03

#09BB03 is a dark, vivid green, close to the color Lime Green. In RGB it’s made of 3.5% red, 73.3% green, and 1.2% blue. Its hue is 118°, with 97% saturation and 37% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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White text on this color

2.59:1 Fail
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Black text on this color

8.12:1 AAA
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This color as text on white

2.59:1 Fail
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This color as text on black

8.12:1 AAA

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #09BB03 as they’d see it.

Typical vision#09BB03
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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Questions about #09BB03

What color is #09BB03?

#09BB03 is a dark, vivid green, close to the color Lime Green. In RGB it’s made of 3.5% red, 73.3% green, and 1.2% blue. Its hue is 118°, with 97% saturation and 37% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #09BB03 in RGB?

#09BB03 is rgb(9, 187, 3): 9 red, 187 green, and 3 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #09BB03 in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(95, 0, 98, 27). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #09BB03?

PANTONE 802 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #09BB03?

Its complement #FC5DFF gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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