Nearest-color comparison
Kelly Green #4CBB17 vs Lime Green #32CD32: RGB distance 41.6 and contrast 1.18:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.
Kelly Green and Lime Green are related but distinguishable, with an RGB distance of 41.6. Lime Green is lighter by 0.0743, and Kelly Green is more saturated by 17 percentage points. Their mutual contrast is 1.18:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.
The main measurable differences between Kelly Green and Lime Green across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.
green color
Kelly Green is #4CBB17, a cool green with hue 101°, saturation 78% and luminance 0.3714. Beside Lime Green, it is darker and more saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 8.43:1.
green color
Lime Green is #32CD32, a cool green with hue 120°, saturation 61% and luminance 0.4457. Beside Kelly Green, it is lighter and less saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 9.91:1.
Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.
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Colors Encyclopedia
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"description": "Kelly Green is #4CBB17, a cool green color with vibrant and jewel tone character. Compared with Lime Green, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
"url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/kelly-green/",
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{
"slug": "lime-green",
"name": "Lime Green",
"hex": "#32CD32",
"rgb": [
50,
205,
50
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120,
61,
50
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76,
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20
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"description": "Lime Green is #32CD32, a cool green color with earth tone character. Compared with Kelly Green, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
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"safeText": [
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"color": "Kelly Green",
"background": "#4CBB17",
"foreground": "#000000",
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},
{
"color": "Lime Green",
"background": "#32CD32",
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"chooseFirstWhen": "Kelly Green is better when the design needs vibrant and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #4CBB17.",
"chooseSecondWhen": "Lime Green is better when the design needs earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #32CD32.",
"useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
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"summary": "Kelly Green and Lime Green are different green colors with HEX values #4CBB17 and #32CD32. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 41.6, their contrast ratio is 1.18:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
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"description": "Lime Green is #32CD32, a cool green color with earth tone character. Compared with Kelly Green, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
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