#51BD85#51BD85

#51BD85 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.130 H 158.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BD85
RGB	rgb(81, 189, 133)
HSL	hsl(149, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(149, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 29.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -44.06, 19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 48.07, 156.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.1204 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.13 158)
XYZ	xyz(25.8224, 39.8356, 28.5140)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BD85 #BD5189

analogous

#53BD51 #51BD85 #51BDBB

triadic

#51BD85 #8551BD #BD8551

tetradic

#51BD85 #5153BD #BD5189 #BDBB51

square

#51BD85 #5153BD #BD5189 #BDBB51

split-complementary

#51BD85 #BB51BD #BD5153

monochromatic

#296B49 #399767 #51BD85 #7DCEA4 #AADFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#51BD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#51BD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BD85

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BD85	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 189, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.130 158.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1a8',
    500: '#51bd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bd85;
$custom-light: #8bd1a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.889,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72041,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 158
  },
  "luminance": 0.39838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BD85

secondary

#CC9EB6

accent

#5396D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BD85

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →