Nearest-color comparison

Fluorescent Green vs Lime

Fluorescent Green and Lime are different green colors with HEX values #08FF08 and #00FF00. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 11.3, their contrast ratio is 1:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Fluorescent Green and Lime are very close colors. Fluorescent Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Fluorescent Green#08FF08

Lime#00FF00

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Fluorescent Green and Lime across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance11.3

Pair contrast1:1

Luminance delta0.0007

Hue delta0 deg

Lighter colorFluorescent Green

More saturatedFluorescent Green

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Fluorescent Green

Fluorescent Green is #08FF08, a cool green color with vibrant character. Compared with Lime, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for neon accents, event graphics, and high-energy digital design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#08FF08 RGB8, 255, 8 HSL120, 100, 52 CMYK97, 0, 97, 0 Luminance0.7159 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Lime

Lime is #00FF00, a cool green color with vibrant character. Compared with Fluorescent Green, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#00FF00 RGB0, 255, 0 HSL120, 100, 50 CMYK100, 0, 100, 0 Luminance0.7152 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Fluorescent Green or Lime

Choose Fluorescent GreenFluorescent Green is better when the design needs vibrant green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #08FF08.

Choose LimeLime is better when the design needs vibrant green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #00FF00.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyFluorescent GreenLime

HEX#08FF08#00FF00

RGB8, 255, 80, 255, 0

HSL120, 100, 52120, 100, 50

CMYK97, 0, 97, 0100, 0, 100, 0

FamilyGreenGreen

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.71590.7152

Black contrast15.32:115.3:1

White contrast1.37:11.37:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Fluorescent Greenblack text - 15.32:1

Limeblack text - 15.3:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Fluorescent Green#08FF08

Lime#00FF00

#66FF66#66FF66

#5CFF5C#5CFF5C

#FF0AFF#FF0AFF

Magenta#FF00FF

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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    "slug": "fluorescent-green",
    "name": "Fluorescent Green",
    "hex": "#08FF08",
    "rgb": [
      8,
      255,
      8
    ],
    "hsl": [
      120,
      100,
      52
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      97,
      0,
      97,
      0
    ],
    "family": "green",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.7159,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 15.32,
      "white": 1.37
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 15.32
    },
    "description": "Fluorescent Green is #08FF08, a cool green color with vibrant character. Compared with Lime, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for neon accents, event graphics, and high-energy digital design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/fluorescent-green/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/fluorescent-green.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "lime",
    "name": "Lime",
    "hex": "#00FF00",
    "rgb": [
      0,
      255,
      0
    ],
    "hsl": [
      120,
      100,
      50
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      100,
      0,
      100,
      0
    ],
    "family": "green",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.7152,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 15.3,
      "white": 1.37
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 15.3
    },
    "description": "Lime is #00FF00, a cool green color with vibrant character. Compared with Fluorescent Green, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/lime/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lime.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 11.3,
  "contrastRatio": 1,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 0,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 2
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0007,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Fluorescent Green",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Fluorescent Green"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Fluorescent Green",
      "background": "#08FF08",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 15.32
    },
    {
      "color": "Lime",
      "background": "#00FF00",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 15.3
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

{
  "chooseFirstWhen": "Fluorescent Green is better when the design needs vibrant green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #08FF08.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Lime is better when the design needs vibrant green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #00FF00.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

[
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/fluorescent-green-vs-lime.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/fluorescent-green.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lime.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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