#51D842#51D842

#51D842 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.222 H 141.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D842
RGB	rgb(81, 216, 66)
HSL	hsl(114, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(114, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -63.79, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 87.76, 136.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.174 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.222 141.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9311, 51.2516, 13.5211)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D842 #C942D8

analogous

#9CD842 #51D842 #42D87E

triadic

#51D842 #4251D8 #D84251

tetradic

#51D842 #429CD8 #C942D8 #D87E42

square

#51D842 #429CD8 #C942D8 #D87E42

split-complementary

#51D842 #7E42D8 #D8429C

monochromatic

#26841B #34B726 #51D842 #80E275 #AEEDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#51D842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#51D842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D842

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D842	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 216, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.222 141.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e57e',
    500: '#51d842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d842;
$custom-light: #91e57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77917,
    "c": 0.2218,
    "h": 141.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D842

secondary

#82338B

accent

#3FE9D8

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F5FCF2

border

#CFD5CC

text

#0E160A

muted

#7F847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D842

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

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