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Lime Aura

A lime aura is read as restlessness pointed at something new. Unlike most aura colors it is a real wavelength, 555–565 nanometres.

Wavelength
555–565 nm a color of the spectrum
Swatch #9CCC3C
≈ 563 nm dominant wavelength
In Thought-Forms, 1905
Not listed its meaning came later

Swatch measured against the CIE 1931 observer; key: Besant and Leadbeater, Thought-Forms, 1905.

Read in a similar way: black aura, red aura, green aura, amber aura, teal aura and rose aura.

Its neighbors on the color wheel: yellow aura and orange aura.

Further along the same lines: lavender aura, peach aura and indigo aura.

Checked against the visible spectrum

Lime is a real color of light

Wavelength 555–565 nm
Width of the band 10 nm of the visible 370
Chakra none — outside the chakra system
Lightness of the swatch L* 76 of 100
Purity of the swatch 66% of a spectral color

Right at 555 nanometres the eye reaches peak sensitivity — this is the single brightest wavelength to human vision, which is why safety vests are this color rather than red.

19 of 31 aura colors have no wavelength. Why →

Where lime sits in the visible spectrum: 555–565 nm
Where lime sits in the visible spectrum: 555–565 nmVisible spectrum from 380 to 750 nanometres with the bands of 12 spectral aura colors bracketed; lime (555–565 nm) highlighted.Violet: 380–450 nmVioletIndigo: 445–464 nmIndigoBlue: 450–495 nmBlueTurquoise: 490–505 nmTurquoiseTeal: 490–500 nmTealAqua: 490–500 nmAquaGreen: 495–570 nmGreenLime: 555–565 nmLimeYellow: 570–590 nmYellowAmber: 585–595 nmAmberOrange: 590–620 nmOrangeRed: 620–750 nmRed400 nm450 nm500 nm550 nm600 nm650 nm700 nm750 nm← ultravioletinfrared →Source: wavelengths from our aura-color table, 380–750 nm visible rangeastrohot.com
Where lime sits in the visible spectrum: 555–565 nmVisible spectrum from 380 to 750 nanometres with the bands of 12 spectral aura colors bracketed; lime (555–565 nm) highlighted.Violet: 380–450 nmIndigo: 445–464 nmBlue: 450–495 nmTurquoise: 490–505 nmTeal: 490–500 nmAqua: 490–500 nmGreen: 495–570 nmLime: 555–565 nmLimeYellow: 570–590 nmAmber: 585–595 nmOrange: 590–620 nmRed: 620–750 nm400 nm450500550600650700750← ultravioletinfrared →Source: wavelengths from our aura-color table, 380–750 nm visible rangeastrohot.com

Lime: 10 of the 370 visible nanometres (2.7%). Overlaps green.

The lime swatch among all colors the eye can see
The lime swatch among all colors the eye can seeCIE 1931 chromaticity diagram: the horseshoe of spectral colors from 380 to 700 nm, white point D65, the 31 aura colors of this site as dots, and lime (#9CCC3C) highlighted with a line to its dominant wavelength.line of purples460480490500510520540560580600620700BlueBlackPinkGreenGoldCrystalWhitePurpleYellowRedOrangeBrownRoseRainbowSilverNavyClearGrayTealAquaVioletMagentaAmberTurquoiseLavenderIndigoPeachMaroonOliveCoral≈ 563 nmwhiteLime #9CCC3CBig dot: lime as shown on this pageSmall dots: the other 30 aura colorsSource: CIE 1931 2° observer; sRGB swatches of this siteastrohot.com

The #9CCC3C swatch points to 563 nm, inside the band, at 66% of full spectral purity.

Nearest colors in the spectrum

Physically adjacent to lime — a few nanometres apart, yet given entirely separate meanings.

Yellow 570–590 nm Green 495–570 nm Amber 585–595 nm Orange 590–620 nm

What a lime aura is said to mean

Lime, a bright yellow-green, is read as restless energy aimed at something new. Aura readers describe it in people at the start of a phase — curious, excited, eager to grow — and sometimes in people who feel anxious because the energy has nowhere to go.

The reading

Restlessness pointed at something new

The shadow side

Energy without a direction

Tradition, not measurement. What aura cameras actually record →

The lime aura is not described in the text of the first published color key — Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater’s Thought-Forms (1905) — so its meaning comes from later writers. Where aura color meanings come from →

The lime aura in everyday life

In love

Lively and curious. A lime partner brings fun but may lose interest once things become routine.

At work

Start-ups, sales, new projects and fast-changing jobs.

Finding balance

Readers suggest giving the energy a direction: one goal, written down, with the next step attached.

Light and dark lime

Lime is already pale, so a lighter version has little room left: #C9E394 reaches L* 87 from the swatch’s 76. The darker version, #567021 at L* 44, is where the color really changes, keeping the hue and nearly all the purity.

Light lime · #C9E394 · L* 87

Read as a softer form of the same reading: restlessness pointed at something new.

Dark lime · #567021 · L* 44

Read as energy without a direction — the strained version.

Questions about the lime aura

What does a lime aura mean?

Restlessness pointed at something new. The shadow side is energy without a direction.

Is lime a real color of light?

Yes, though only just: lime is a 10 nm sliver of the spectrum, 555–565 nanometres. At least half of that range is also covered by green, so the names differ more than the light does.

Which chakra is lime?

None of the seven. By hue it sits closest to yellow, the color of the solar plexus chakra, 33° away on the color wheel.

How rare is a lime aura?

Nobody keeps a count of auras. Searches for this one are scarce, though: it ranks 27th of 31 colors, at 0.17% of aura-color searches.

The seven chakras and their colors →

Aura colors read alongside lime

Colors people look up about as often as lime:

Lavender Indigo Peach Maroon

All 31 colors, with wavelengths →

Band 555–565 nm, width 10 nm. Swatch #9CCC3C, dominant wavelength 563 nm. How this was produced →

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AstroHot. “Lime Aura Meaning: Does the Color Even Exist?” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/aura-colors/lime/

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