HEX Color #50BD49 (Forestgreen)

About #50BD49

The precise color #50BD49 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Forestgreen. In the RGB color space, it consists of 80 red, 189 green, and 73 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 58% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 116.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the green spectrum.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#50BD49

RGB80, 189, 73

HSL116.4°, 46.8%, 51.4%

CMYK58%, 0%, 61%, 26%

HSV116.4°, 61.4%, 74.1%

LAB68.4, -53.7, 48.3

XYZ22.7, 38.6, 12.6

Decimal5291337

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#50BD49 #B549BC

Analogous

#89BC49 #49BC7B

Triadic

#494FBC #BC4950

Tetradic

#4989BC #B549BC #BC7B49

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#50BD49

#63C45D

#76CB71

#8AD385

#9DDA99

#B1E1AE

#C4E9C2

#D8F0D6

#EBF7EA

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#50BD49

#47A840

#3E9338

#357E30

#2C6928

#235420

#1A3F18

#112A10

#081508

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.41:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

8.72:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.30:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.41:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #50BD49; }

.text-color { color: #50BD49; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #50BD49; }

Similar Colors

Forestgreen

#228B22