#51B420#51B420

#51B420 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.199 H 138.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51B420
RGB	rgb(81, 180, 32)
HSL	hsl(100, 70%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(100, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 82.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -53.39, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 80.50, 131.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.1478 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.199 138)
XYZ	xyz(19.9746, 34.4945, 6.9717)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51B420 #8320B4

analogous

#9BB420 #51B420 #20B439

triadic

#51B420 #2051B4 #B42051

tetradic

#51B420 #209BB4 #8320B4 #B43920

square

#51B420 #209BB4 #8320B4 #B43920

split-complementary

#51B420 #3920B4 #B4209B

monochromatic

#224C0E #3A8017 #51B420 #6DDB36 #92E46A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#51B420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#51B420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51B420

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51B420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51B420	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48AD99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51b420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 180, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.199 138.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcb6a',
    500: '#51b420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51b420;
$custom-light: #8dcb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51b420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100.135,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68369,
    "c": 0.19877,
    "h": 138
  },
  "luminance": 0.34496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51B420

secondary

#A966CA

accent

#3BEDB2

background

#F9FCF6

surface

#F1F9EC

border

#CBD2C7

text

#0D1307

muted

#7E827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #51B420

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

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