Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Emerald

Emerald is an earth tone green color with HEX #50C878. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 80, 200, 120, HSL 140, 52%, 55%, cool temperature, and is useful for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design.

#50C878 green cool earth-tone
HEX #50C878
RGB rgb(80, 200, 120)
HSL hsl(140 52% 55%)
CMYK cmyk(60, 0, 40, 22)
Luminance 0.4437
Contrast Black 9.87:1White 2.13:1

CSS Utilities

--color-emerald: #50C878;
.bg-emerald { background-color: #50C878; }
.text-emerald { color: #50C878; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.4437
Black text9.87:1AA Pass
White text2.13:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
{
  "hex": "#50C878",
  "rgb": [
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    200,
    120
  ],
  "hsl": [
    140,
    52,
    55
  ],
  "cmyk": [
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    0,
    40,
    22
  ],
  "luminance": 0.4437,
  "contrast": {
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    "white": 2.13
  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
  "complementary": "#C851A0",
  "analogous": [
    "#64C851",
    "#51C8B4"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#7851C8",
    "#C87851"
  ],
  "tetradic": [
    "#5164C8",
    "#C851A0",
    "#C8B451"
  ],
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    "#B451C8",
    "#C85164"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
    "#96DEAE",
    "#50C878",
    "#2D8F4E"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#96DEAE",
  "dark": "#2D8F4E",
  "saturated": "#37E170",
  "desaturated": "#6AAF81",
  "pastel": "#B9DFC6",
  "neon": "#42FF81"
}
Pairings
{
  "best": [
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    "#C851A0",
    "#64C851",
    "#51C8B4"
  ],
  "avoid": [
    "#6AAF81",
    "#96DEAE"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#000000"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#96DEAE",
    "#6AAF81"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
{
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    "medium-sea-green",
    "medium-aquamarine",
    "verdigris",
    "cadet-blue"
  ],
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    "emerald"
  ],
  "generatedComparisons": [
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  ],
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    "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
    "/colors/by-tone/earth-tone"
  ],
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  ],
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    ],
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    ],
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      "/wcag/emerald",
      "/css/colors/emerald",
      "/hex/50c878"
    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
{
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  "name": "Emerald",
  "hex": "#50C878",
  "uses": [
    "natural palettes",
    "wellness branding",
    "sustainability design"
  ],
  "psychology": {
    "associations": [
      "nature",
      "growth",
      "balance"
    ],
    "contexts": [
      "wellness",
      "outdoor brands",
      "gardening",
      "organic products"
    ],
    "avoidIn": [
      "urgent error states"
    ]
  },
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  "sourceType": "curated",
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    "notes": "Curated common color reference used in design and editorial color systems."
  },
  "family": "green",
  "temperature": "cool",
  "tone": [
    "earth-tone"
  ],
  "editorialNotes": "Curated internal color record with computed technical properties.",
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    "cool",
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    "natural-palettes",
    "wellness-branding",
    "sustainability-design",
    "nature",
    "growth",
    "balance"
  ],
  "popularity": 84,
  "rgb": [
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    200,
    120
  ],
  "hsl": [
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    52,
    55
  ],
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    22
  ],
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  },
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      "#51C8B4"
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    "neon": "#42FF81"
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      "#000000",
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      "#36454F"
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    ]
  },
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  },
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      "#C851A0",
      "#64C851",
      "#51C8B4"
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      "#6AAF81",
      "#96DEAE"
    ],
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      "#1A1A1A",
      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
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      "#000000"
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      "#96DEAE",
      "#6AAF81"
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  }
}
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Color meaning and use

About Emerald Color

Emerald sits in the green family with cool temperature and earth tone visual character. Emerald is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include nature, growth, and balance, which makes it relevant for wellness and outdoor brands. In design work, Emerald is most useful for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Green color familyBrowse named green colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Earth Tone colorsFind colors with earth tone visual character.Emerald accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #50C878.Emerald CSS utilitiesUse Emerald in CSS variables and utility classes.#50C878 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Emerald paletteOpen the generated palette based on Emerald.Emerald harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Emerald against black and white text.

Black text9.87:1AA Pass
White text2.13:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Paris Green#50C878
Medium Sea Green#3CB371
Medium Aquamarine#66CDAA
Verdigris#43B3AE
Cadet Blue#5F9EA0

Color Harmonies

#C851A0#C851A0
#64C851#64C851
#51C8B4#51C8B4
#7851C8#7851C8
#C87851#C87851
Open full Emerald harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#96DEAE#96DEAE
#2D8F4E#2D8F4E
#37E170#37E170
#6AAF81#6AAF81
#B9DFC6#B9DFC6
#42FF81#42FF81

Pairings

Black#000000
#C851A0#C851A0
#64C851#64C851
#51C8B4#51C8B4
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5