Open Color textile direction

Open Lime Deep Trim textile color palette

A dark-leaning lime palette for trims, labels, hardware, waistbands, and structured textile details. The values come from the MIT-licensed Open Color system, then are arranged here as a textile-ready story with roles for anchors, body cloth, grounds, and trims rather than as a UI-only scale.

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Open Library

Textile Direction

How to use Open Lime Deep Trim

Best For

  • lime trims
  • labels and bindings
  • hardware color planning
  • structured capsule accents

Materials

  • woven label tape
  • rib knit
  • coated cotton
  • nylon webbing

Color Roles

  • Use the darkest value for labels, typography, zipper tape, and hardware-adjacent details.
  • Use the deeper lime values for trims that need color without losing structure.
  • Use the pale neutral as the contrast field for hangtags, packaging, or digital spec sheets.

Color Specs

Palette values and contrast notes

Use these values as digital starting points, then approve final textile standards on the real fabric or substrate.

6 colors
SwatchRoleHEXRGBHSLApprox CMYKText Contrast
Anchor
Depth
Mid tone
Bridge
Ground
Highlight

Developer Handoff

CSS variables

Copy the palette as CSS custom properties.

--palette-1: #212529;
--palette-2: #5C940D;
--palette-3: #66A80F;
--palette-4: #82C91E;
--palette-5: #A9E34B;
--palette-6: #E9ECEF;

Tailwind v4 theme

Use these tokens as palette utilities like bg-palette-1 and text-palette-1.

Copy the palette as Tailwind v4 theme color tokens.

@theme {
  --color-palette-1: #212529;
  --color-palette-2: #5C940D;
  --color-palette-3: #66A80F;
  --color-palette-4: #82C91E;
  --color-palette-5: #A9E34B;
  --color-palette-6: #E9ECEF;
}

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