Emerald #028F1E

Emerald (#028F1E) is a mid-tone, saturated green with an OKLCH hue of 144°, lightness 0.56 and chroma 0.181. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX#028F1E
RGBrgb(2, 143, 30)
HSLhsl(132, 97%, 28%)
HSVhsv(132, 99%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(99%, 0%, 79%, 44%)
CIE Lablab(51.6 -54.5 47.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.565 0.181 144)

How Emerald behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Emerald shifts subtly: leans toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 4.24:1 and against black 4.95:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Palettes built from Emerald

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#93e392 · #60bd62 · #028f1e · #007014 · #004808 · #002401

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#00b397 · #00a16a · #028f1e · #4e7200 · #555900 · #504300

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#00ccce · #43a5a6 · #028f1e · #006d13 · #004d0a · #002c2d

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#c4e8c2 · #91ca90 · #83a082 · #028f1e · #84228d · #144517

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#fbecfc · #849783 · #028f1e · #625863 · #182b18 · #020003

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#f7eef8 · #cfc5d0 · #a397a4 · #2a1d2b · #080109 · #028f1e

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#feebff · #bb6fc2 · #028f1e · #8a2994 · #410047 · #000200

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#eac5d9 · #ae9bc5 · #028f1e · #94435a · #2b364b · #06120f

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#ebf2ff · #638de9 · #028f1e · #ab1423 · #4f0007 · #000012

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e4f5ff · #009dd7 · #028f1e · #8a2994 · #3f1a00 · #050008

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#40A245 · #64B465 · #84C784 · #A3D9A2 · #C2ECC1

Shades

#007616 · #005F0F · #004808 · #003203 · #001E01

Muted

#368B3A · #4D864D · #5E805D

Using Emerald

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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