Named color

Paris Green

Paris Green color #50C878: RGB 80, 200, 120 and HSL 140°, 52%, 55%. Explore its cool green profile, contrast, CSS, palettes and harmonies.

#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

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CSS Utilities

--color-paris-green: #50C878;
.bg-paris-green { background-color: #50C878; }
.text-paris-green { color: #50C878; }

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Color history, meaning and use · Editorially reviewed

About Paris Green Color

Paris green was a brilliant nineteenth-century copper arsenic color used in paint, wallpaper, printed books, and other decorative goods—and later as an insecticide. The National Park Service documents an unusually concrete architectural example: store ledgers and surviving paint helped establish that White Haven, Ulysses S. Grant’s Missouri home, was painted Paris green in 1874 and returned to that Victorian-era appearance during restoration.

A screen swatch can borrow the historic color’s startling intensity without carrying its chemistry. Original Paris green contains arsenic and can be hazardous if pigment particles are ingested or inhaled; unidentified historic books, wallpapers, and paint should therefore be treated as materials, not sampled or disturbed for a color experiment. Digitally, the hue is effective as a high-energy accent against ink, cream, or deep violet.

This page documents a digital color and historical context. It is not a material-identification method, handling protocol, restoration formula, or assurance that an object is safe.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Paris Green 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

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Downloadable color reference infographic

Paris Green Color Reference Infographic

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Paris Green color reference infographic showing #50C878, RGB and HSL values, a coordinated palette, and black and white text contrast. — Paris Green color reference infographic generated from the verified Colors Encyclopedia dataset.

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Color Harmonies

#C851A0#C851A0 #64C851#64C851 #51C8B4#51C8B4 #7851C8#7851C8 #C87851#C87851

Open full Paris Green 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

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

Structured sections

Color systems

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  "hex": "#50C878",
  "rgb": [
    80,
    200,
    120
  ],
  "hsl": [
    140,
    52,
    55
  ],
  "cmyk": [
    60,
    0,
    40,
    22
  ],
  "luminance": 0.4437,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 9.87,
    "white": 2.13
  }
}

WCAG

{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A"
  ]
}

Harmonies

{
  "complementary": "#C851A0",
  "analogous": [
    "#64C851",
    "#51C8B4"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#7851C8",
    "#C87851"
  ],
  "tetradic": [
    "#5164C8",
    "#C851A0",
    "#C8B451"
  ],
  "splitComplementary": [
    "#B451C8",
    "#C85164"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
    "#96DEAE",
    "#50C878",
    "#2D8F4E"
  ]
}

Variants

{
  "light": "#96DEAE",
  "dark": "#2D8F4E",
  "saturated": "#37E170",
  "desaturated": "#6AAF81",
  "pastel": "#B9DFC6",
  "neon": "#42FF81"
}

Pairings

{
  "best": [
    "#000000",
    "#C851A0",
    "#64C851",
    "#51C8B4"
  ],
  "avoid": [
    "#6AAF81",
    "#96DEAE"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#000000"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#96DEAE",
    "#6AAF81"
  ]
}

Knowledge graph

{
  "nearestColors": [
    "emerald",
    "medium-sea-green",
    "medium-aquamarine",
    "verdigris",
    "cadet-blue"
  ],
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    "paris-green"
  ],
  "generatedComparisons": [
    "emerald-vs-paris-green",
    "medium-sea-green-vs-paris-green"
  ],
  "relatedFamilies": [
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    "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
    "/colors/by-tone/earth-tone"
  ],
  "relatedTools": [
    "/harmonies/paris-green",
    "/wcag/paris-green",
    "/css/colors/paris-green",
    "/hex/50c878",
    "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
    "/tools/color-palette-generator",
    "/tools/css-color-mixer",
    "/tools/contrast-checker"
  ],
  "semanticRelations": {
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      "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
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    ],
    "narrower": [
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    ],
    "related": [
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      "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
      "/tools/color-palette-generator",
      "/tools/css-color-mixer",
      "/tools/contrast-checker"
    ]
  }
}

Full JSON dataset

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  "name": "Paris Green",
  "hex": "#50C878",
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  ],
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    ],
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    ],
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  "aliases": [],
  "sourceType": "curated",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "reviewStatus": "manual",
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  },
  "family": "green",
  "temperature": "cool",
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  ],
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  "hsl": [
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  "luminance": 0.4437,
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  },
  "harmonies": {
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      "#64C851",
      "#51C8B4"
    ],
    "triadic": [
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      "#C87851"
    ],
    "tetradic": [
      "#5164C8",
      "#C851A0",
      "#C8B451"
    ],
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      "#B451C8",
      "#C85164"
    ],
    "monochromatic": [
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  }
}

Paris Green

Create with Paris Green

CSS Utilities

About Paris Green Color

WCAG Accessibility

Paris Green Color Reference Infographic

Color Harmonies

Variants

Pairings

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

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