#51996E#51996E

#51996E is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.098 H 155.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51996E
RGB	rgb(81, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(144, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(144, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 28.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -32.74, 15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 36.34, 154.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.0897 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.098 155.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5978, 25.6563, 18.7737)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51996E #99517C

analogous

#589951 #51996E #519992

triadic

#51996E #6E5199 #996E51

tetradic

#51996E #515899 #99517C #999251

square

#51996E #515899 #99517C #999251

split-complementary

#51996E #925199 #995158

monochromatic

#274934 #3C7151 #51996E #73B58D #9BCAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#51996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#51996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51996E

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51996E	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.098 155.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b797',
    500: '#51996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51996e;
$custom-light: #86b797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.167,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62391,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 155.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51996E

secondary

#B78FA7

accent

#619EC7

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B110D

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51996E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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