All About Color Emerald

#50C878

Emerald is a vibrant and intense green color. It's a bold and captivating color, ideal for creating a striking and impactful space.

About Emerald

Emerald is a medium green color with the hex code #50C878. In RGB it is red 80, green 200, blue 120; in HSL it is hue 140°, saturation 52%, lightness 55%; in CMYK it is 60%, 0%, 40%, 22%. Its contrast ratio is 2.13:1 on white and 9.87:1 on black.

#50C878 Color Conversion

Hex triplet50, C8, 78
CMYK60.00%, 0.00%, 40.00%, 21.57%
RGB Decimal80, 200, 120
HSL140°, 52%, 55%
RGB Octal120, 310, 170
HSV (HSB)140.00°, 60.00%, 78.43%
RGB Binary1010000, 11001000, 1111000
CIE-L*AB72.48, -51.25, 30.25
RGB Percent31.37%, 78.43%, 47.06%
CIE-L*CH72.48, 59.51, 149.45
XYZ27.35, 44.37, 24.89
CIE-L*UV72.48, -52.09, 48.92
xyY0.28, 0.46, 44.37
Hunter-Lab66.61, -43.27, 24.47
RYB31.37%, 66.67%, 78.43%

Color Accessibility Scores

#50C878 on a dark background: contrast 9.87:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#50C878 on a light background: contrast 2.13:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Emerald, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Emerald. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#50C878 · #96DEAE · #2D8F4E · #C851A0 · #DE96C6

Analogous palette

#A0C851 · #64C851 · #50C878 · #51C8B4 · #51A0C8

Triadic palette

#50C878 · #7851C8 · #C87851 · #96DEAE · #AE96DE

Tetradic palette

#50C878 · #5164C8 · #C851A0 · #C8B451 · #2D8F4E

Monochromatic palette

#1F6135 · #319B54 · #50C878 · #8BDAA5 · #C5EDD2

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