Information about #51A11B color

#51A11B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#51A11B falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(81, 161, 27) — 31.8% red, 63.1% green, 10.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 31 / 0 / 53 / 37. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #51A11B reads as a strongly colored zesty chartreuse and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Kakapo (#5C9625). Slightly further away sit Limeade (#5F9727) and TD Ameritrade (#40A829).

In RGB terms — rgb(81, 161, 27) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 6.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #51A11B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#51A11B color variations

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#51A11B color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #51A11B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Kakapo color link
Kakapo

#5C9625

Limeade color link
Limeade

#5F9727

Grass color link
Grass

#5CAC2D

Vida Loca color link
Vida Loca

#5F9228

Grass Green color link
Grass Green

#3F9B0B

Green Onion color link
Green Onion

#6AA121

Leaf Green color link
Leaf Green

#5CA904

Kelly Green color link
Kelly Green

#4CBB17

Vine Green color link
Vine Green

#38A32A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#51A11B
  • RGB81, 161, 27
  • CMYK31, 0, 53, 37
  • CSSrgb(81, 161, 27)
  • HSL96°, 71%, 37%
  • HSL Precise95.821°, 71.277%, 36.863%
  • HSV96°, 83%, 63%
  • HSB96°, 83%, 63%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.631
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.106
  • GLSLvec3(0.318, 0.631, 0.106)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.318, 0.631, 0.106, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.318, 0.631, 0.106)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB63.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB10.6%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID51A11B
  • DECIMAL ID5349659
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01