HEX to RGB: #00FF00

Also known as: CSS lime

#00FF00 → rgb(0 255 0)

Values are shown at full precision, so converting back gives exactly #00ff00. The rounded form is what you normally paste into CSS.

Step-by-step math

Every number below is computed from the input, nothing is looked up.

1. HEX → pairs
```
#00FF00 → 00 | FF | 00
```

2. base 16 → base 10

R = 00₁₆ = 0×16 + 0 = 0
G = FF₁₆ = 15×16 + 15 = 255
B = 00₁₆ = 0×16 + 0 = 0

3. RGB
```
rgb(0 255 0)
```

All formats

HEX: #00ff00
RGB: rgb(0 255 0)
RGB (legacy): rgb(0, 255, 0)
HSL: hsl(120.00 100.00% 50.00%) → hsl(120 100% 50%)
HWB: hwb(120 0% 0%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.866 0.295 142.5) · oklch(86.6% 0.295 142.5)
OKLab: oklab(0.866 -0.234 0.179)
Lab (D50): lab(87.82 -79.27 80.99)
LCH (D50): lch(87.82 113.33 134.38)
Display P3: color(display-p3 0.4584 0.9853 0.2983)
Linear sRGB: color(srgb-linear 0.0000 1.0000 0.0000)

Gamut: sRGB and Display P3

#00FF00 is a hex color, so it sits inside sRGB and therefore inside Display P3. At this lightness and hue, sRGB reaches chroma 0.295 and Display P3 reaches 0.331; this color uses 100% of the sRGB chroma available.

CSS snippets

.element {
  color: #00ff00;
  color: rgb(0 255 0);
  color: hsl(120 100% 50%);
  color: oklch(0.866 0.295 142.5);
}

/* Tailwind CSS v4 */
@theme {
  --color-brand: oklch(0.866 0.295 142.5);
}
/* arbitrary values */
class="text-[#00ff00] bg-[oklch(0.866_0.295_142.5)]"

/* wide-gamut screens */
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .element { color: color(display-p3 0.4584 0.9853 0.2983); }
}

/* relative color syntax: 10% darker */
.element-dark { color: oklch(from #00ff00 calc(l - 0.1) c h); }

Nearby colors

Closest colors in the Tailwind and CSS named palettes (OKLab distance).

Lighter and darker, same hue and chroma

#3EFF38 · oklch(0.926 0.295 142.5) · ΔL +0.06
#00EA00 · oklch(0.806 0.295 142.5) · ΔL −0.06

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