Lime is one of the color families shipped with this release. Electric green-yellow — energy and freshness..
Shades#
100200300400500600700800900950
Palette table#
| Shade | Class fragment | Value | Best role |
|---|---|---|---|
100 | lime-100 | #f7fee7 | Very light — section backgrounds, badges on light UI, tinted code blocks. |
200 | lime-200 | #ecfccb | Light — borders on light themes, dividers with personality, chip backgrounds. |
300 | lime-300 | #d9f99d | Soft — secondary borders, disabled states with color, placeholder decorations. |
400 | lime-400 | #bef264 | Medium-light — icons on dark surfaces, decorative accents, chart lines. |
500 | lime-500 | #a3e635 | The primary step — buttons, links, brand fills, key interactive elements. |
600 | lime-600 | #84cc16 | Hover step — hover states for 500 elements, or primary on very light UIs. |
700 | lime-700 | #65a30d | Active step — pressed states, emphasized text on light tinted backgrounds. |
800 | lime-800 | #4d7c0f | Dark — text on light palettes, headers in tinted sections, dark UI fills. |
900 | lime-900 | #3f6212 | Very dark — deep section backgrounds, high-contrast text carriers. |
950 | lime-950 | #365314 | Darkest — near-black tinted backgrounds, hero surfaces, footer tones. |
Use it#
<div class="bg-lime-500 text-white p-6 rounded-xl">Lime surface</div>
<p class="text-lime-600 dark:text-lime-400">Adaptive text</p>
<div class="border border-lime-200 dark:border-lime-800 bg-lime-50 dark:bg-lime-950 p-4 rounded-lg">Panel</div>Per-usage guides#
Lime textstext-lime-* in practice.Lime backgroundsbg-lime-* in practice.Lime bordersborder-lime-* in practice.Lime gradientsfrom-lime-* in practice.
Contrast#
Flip point: shades 50–400 want dark text (text-slate-900); shades 500+ (approx.) want white text. Verify with the accessibility/color-contrast|contrast guide.
Related palettes#
colors/yellow|yellow · colors/emerald|emerald · colors/color-pairing|Pairing recipes