Emerald color: hex codes, shades and palettes

Palettes built around emerald. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.

Emerald is #50C878 — green. Below are its shades with hex codes, the values in every common format, and emerald color palettes to copy.

Emerald hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

#50C878
HEX
#50C878
RGB
rgb(80, 200, 120)
HSL
hsl(140, 52%, 55%)
OKLCH
oklch(74.5% 0.158 151.5)
On white
2.13:1
On black
9.87:1

Shades of emerald

Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.

Contrast and readability

Emerald on white measures 2.13:1 and on black 9.87:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 4.92:1.

The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.

Related colors:green, lime green, mint, olive, hunter green. See every shade on the colors index.