#51ff16

Color #51ff16

A vivid, highly saturated medium green.

Closest named color Lime #00ff00 · ΔE 7.89 Nearest Tailwind class lime-400 #9ae600 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#51ff16

RGB

rgb(81, 255, 22)

HSL

hsl(104.8, 100%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(104.8, 91.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 91.4%, 0%)

LAB

lab(88.6, -78.39, 82.27)

LCH

lch(88.6, 113.64, 133.62)

OKLCH

oklch(87.6%, 0.2794, 140.32)

HWB

hwb(104.8, 8.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c416ff

Analogous

#c6ff16

#51ff16

#16ff4f

Triadic

#51ff16

#1651ff

#ff1651

Split-complementary

#51ff16

#4f16ff

#ff16c6

Tetradic

#51ff16

#16ffc4

#c416ff

#ff1651

Square

#51ff16

#16c6ff

#c416ff

#ff4f16

Shades

Color #51ff16 mixed toward black.

#3ae700

#2fb900

#238a00

#175c00

#0c2e00

Tints

Color #51ff16 mixed toward white.

#6eff3d

#8bff64

#a8ff8a

#c5ffb1

#e2ffd8

Tones

Color #51ff16 mixed toward gray.

#5bec29

#64d83d

#6ec550

#77b164

#819e77

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b988 · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#afa196 · ΔE 37.8

Tritanopia

#64b1b8 · ΔE 39.3

Achromatopsia

#dedede · ΔE 32

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Code

CSS

background-color: #51ff16;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#51ff16]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Frequently asked questions

#51ff16 (#51ff16) is rgb(81, 255, 22) in RGB.

No, #51ff16 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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