#51A279#51A279

#51A279 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.102 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A279
RGB	rgb(81, 162, 121)
HSL	hsl(150, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(150, 50%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 25.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -34.62, 13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 37.29, 158.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% -0.0953 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.102 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7633, 28.9689, 22.6355)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A279 #A2517A

analogous

#51A251 #51A279 #51A2A1

triadic

#51A279 #7951A2 #A27951

tetradic

#51A279 #5151A2 #A2517A #A2A151

square

#51A279 #5151A2 #A2517A #A2A151

split-complementary

#51A279 #A151A2 #A25151

monochromatic

#28503C #3D795B #51A279 #76BA98 #9FCFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#51A279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#51A279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51A279

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A279	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 162, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.102 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87be9f',
    500: '#51a279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a279;
$custom-light: #87be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.63,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64945,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A279

secondary

#BC93A8

accent

#5E95C9

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F7F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C120E

muted

#7D817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A279

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

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