#51BF56#51BF56

#51BF56 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.176 H 144.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BF56
RGB	rgb(81, 191, 86)
HSL	hsl(123, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(123, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -52.70, 43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 68.14, 140.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.143 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.176 144.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7025, 39.6807, 15.2124)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BF56 #BF51BA

analogous

#83BF51 #51BF56 #51BF8D

triadic

#51BF56 #5651BF #BF5651

tetradic

#51BF56 #5183BF #BF51BA #BF8D51

square

#51BF56 #5183BF #BF51BA #BF8D51

split-complementary

#51BF56 #8D51BF #BF5183

monochromatic

#286D2B #399A3D #51BF56 #7ECF81 #AAE0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#51BF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#51BF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BF56

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BF56	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DBAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.176 144.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd388',
    500: '#51bf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bf56;
$custom-light: #8cd388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.727,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71711,
    "c": 0.17623,
    "h": 144.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BF56

secondary

#CE9ECB

accent

#52D0D6

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0D140C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BF56

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

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