#51AE36#51AE36

#51AE36 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.180 H 139.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AE36
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(107, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(107, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -49.66, 51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 71.21, 134.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% -0.1365 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.18 139.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1945, 32.2863, 8.7097)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AE36 #9336AE

analogous

#8DAE36 #51AE36 #36AE57

triadic

#51AE36 #3651AE #AE3651

tetradic

#51AE36 #368DAE #9336AE #AE5736

square

#51AE36 #368DAE #9336AE #AE5736

split-complementary

#51AE36 #5736AE #AE368D

monochromatic

#265119 #3B7F28 #51AE36 #71CB56 #98D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#51AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#51AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AE36

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AE36	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48A896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.180 139.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc773',
    500: '#51ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ae36;
$custom-light: #8bc773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 106.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66948,
    "c": 0.17955,
    "h": 139.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AE36

secondary

#B37DC3

accent

#4CDCBC

background

#F9FCF7

surface

#F1F8ED

border

#CBD1C8

text

#0D1308

muted

#7E827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AE36

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

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