#51AE76#51AE76

#51AE76 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.122 H 154.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AE76
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 118)
HSL	hsl(144, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(144, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 32.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -40.61, 20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 45.52, 153.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.1106 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.122 154.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7977, 33.3276, 22.4202)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#51AE76 #AE5189

analogous

#5AAE51 #51AE76 #51AEA5

triadic

#51AE76 #7651AE #AE7651

tetradic

#51AE76 #515AAE #AE5189 #AEA551

square

#51AE76 #515AAE #AE5189 #AEA551

split-complementary

#51AE76 #A551AE #AE515A

monochromatic

#2A5A3D #3E845A #51AE76 #7BC197 #A5D5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#51AE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#51AE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AE76

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AE76	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ae76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.122 154.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c79d',
    500: '#51ae76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ae76;
$custom-light: #89c79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ae76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.871,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67918,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 154.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AE76

secondary

#C299B2

accent

#5B9FCC

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F8F2

border

#CBD1CC

text

#0C130E

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AE76

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

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