Lime Green
PPG1222-5 · #ADC571 · LRV 50 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Sage Green22
- 2Evergreen Fog30
- 3Lime Green50
- 4Soft Fern57
- 5Hancock Green66
What Color Is Lime Green, Really?
Lime Green reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1222-5 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Lime Green
Lime Green is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.
How Lighting Changes Lime Green
At LRV 50, Lime Green is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its green undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Lime Green are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint PPG / Glidden PPG1222-5 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Lime RickeySW 6717 · Sherwin-Williams | 4.1 | 45 | Color page → |
| Behr | Lavish LimeHDC-SM14-5 · Behr | 2.2 | 49 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Stem Green2029-40 · Benjamin Moore | 0.8 | 51 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Greenscape6005-10A · Valspar | 3.8 | 54.8 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Lime GreenPPG1222-5 · Glidden | 0.2 | 50 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Jungle Floor125-5DB · Dutch Boy | 1.6 | 50 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Lime Green within PPG / Glidden's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #ADC571 in HSL space. Pair Lime Green with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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