Liquid Lime

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Lighter, cleaner lime-green for precise chart callouts

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About Liquid Lime

Liquid Lime looks like a fresh glow caught in thin daylight. It's lighter and more saturated than , with a greener bite that stays unmistakably green instead of drifting toward yellow. Compared to , it feels drier and less "wet" under glare, so it reads more like a clean UI ink than a reflected LED smear.

This is the green I use for dashboards and inventory views where you want urgency without the screen-wide shout of . It's great for logistics and warehousing apps that need active state borders, live throughput markers, and heatmap hotspots that still hold their edge over dark video frames in media CMS overlays. You'll also see it work well in plant-floor and lab-style interfaces for status tags that should feel immediate, not alarm-red.

Quirk to watch: because it's so light, it can look a little "chalky" next to deep reds or warm beiges. Cool neutrals keep it crisp, but if you pair it too broadly, it stops feeling intentional fast.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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1.23:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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On Gray 900 #18181b

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14.37:1AAA

On Black #000000

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17.03:1AAA

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