Tailwind Lime

Tailwind CSS's lime hue family — 11 stops from 50 (lightest) to 950 (darkest), forming a vivid yellow-green chromatic scale. Use directly as a brand palette or pair with an accent hue from another tailwind-* atom.

13 swatches 14 light roles 14 dark roles tailwindwarmchromatic

Swatches

lime-50
#F7FEE7
Lightest stop — page background in light mode.
lime-100
#ECFCCA
Very light surface — cards and panels on light background.
lime-200
#D8F999
Light divider, hairline, or subtle fill.
lime-300
#BBF451
Muted accent or disabled-state foreground in light mode.
lime-400
#9AE600
Mid-light tint — soft accent, hover wash, decorative fill.
lime-500
#7CCF00
Mid stop — the canonical brand hue for chromatic palettes.
lime-600
#5EA500
Mid-dark stop — primary action in light mode for chromatic palettes.
lime-700
#497D00
Dark stop — pressed states, deeper emphasis.
lime-800
#3C6300
Very dark stop — heavy emphasis, secondary text on light.
lime-900
#35530E
Near-darkest stop — body text on light, surface on dark.
lime-950
#192E03
Darkest stop — page background in dark mode.
pure-white
#FFFFFF
Maximum-elevation surface and high-contrast text in dark mode.
pure-black
#000000
High-contrast text on light chromatic hues where the deepest stop reads as the hue, not black.

Mode role mappings

Light mode (14 roles)

accent → lime-700
accent-hover → lime-600
background → lime-50
error → lime-700
primary → lime-500
primary-hover → lime-600
success → lime-600
surface → lime-100
surface-elevated → pure-white
text-primary → pure-black
text-secondary → lime-800
text-tertiary → lime-600
warning → lime-300
warning-hover → lime-400

Dark mode (14 roles)

accent → lime-300
accent-hover → lime-200
background → lime-950
error → lime-300
primary → lime-400
primary-hover → lime-300
success → lime-400
surface → lime-900
surface-elevated → lime-800
text-primary → pure-white
text-secondary → lime-200
text-tertiary → lime-400
warning → lime-600
warning-hover → lime-500

Provenance

Source
https://tailwindcss.com/docs/colors
License
MIT
Attribution
Tailwind CSS colors, Copyright Tailwind Labs Inc., MIT licensed. Hex values derived from canonical OKLCH definitions in packages/tailwindcss/theme.css via the W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 OKLCH → sRGB conversion.
Imported
2026-05-18 (upstream version 4.x)