#51A342#51A342

#51A342 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.156 H 140.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A342
RGB	rgb(81, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(111, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(111, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 59.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, -44.11, 42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 60.93, 136.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.1207 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.156 140.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4731, 28.3358, 9.7018)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A342 #9442A3

analogous

#81A342 #51A342 #42A364

triadic

#51A342 #4251A3 #A34251

tetradic

#51A342 #4281A3 #9442A3 #A36442

square

#51A342 #4281A3 #9442A3 #A36442

split-complementary

#51A342 #6442A3 #A34281

monochromatic

#264C1F #3B7730 #51A342 #71C063 #98D18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#51A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#51A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51A342

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A342	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#489E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.156 140.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bf7a',
    500: '#51a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a342;
$custom-light: #89bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110.722,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64197,
    "c": 0.156,
    "h": 140.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A342

secondary

#B484BC

accent

#56D2BF

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F7EE

border

#CBD0C9

text

#0C1209

muted

#7D817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A342

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

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