Tailwind Emerald

Tailwind CSS's emerald hue family — 11 stops from 50 (lightest) to 950 (darkest), forming a deep emerald-green chromatic scale. Use directly as a brand palette or pair with an accent hue from another tailwind-* atom.

13 swatches 14 light roles 14 dark roles tailwindcoolchromatic

Swatches

emerald-50
#ECFDF5
Lightest stop — page background in light mode.
emerald-100
#D0FAE5
Very light surface — cards and panels on light background.
emerald-200
#A4F4CF
Light divider, hairline, or subtle fill.
emerald-300
#5EE9B5
Muted accent or disabled-state foreground in light mode.
emerald-400
#00D492
Mid-light tint — soft accent, hover wash, decorative fill.
emerald-500
#00BC7D
Mid stop — the canonical brand hue for chromatic palettes.
emerald-600
#009966
Mid-dark stop — primary action in light mode for chromatic palettes.
emerald-700
#007A55
Dark stop — pressed states, deeper emphasis.
emerald-800
#006045
Very dark stop — heavy emphasis, secondary text on light.
emerald-900
#004F3B
Near-darkest stop — body text on light, surface on dark.
emerald-950
#002C22
Darkest stop — page background in dark mode.
pure-white
#FFFFFF
Maximum-elevation surface and high-contrast text in dark mode.
pure-black
#000000
High-contrast text on light chromatic hues where the deepest stop reads as the hue, not black.

Mode role mappings

Light mode (14 roles)

accent → emerald-700
accent-hover → emerald-600
background → emerald-50
error → emerald-700
primary → emerald-500
primary-hover → emerald-600
success → emerald-600
surface → emerald-100
surface-elevated → pure-white
text-primary → emerald-900
text-secondary → emerald-800
text-tertiary → emerald-600
warning → emerald-300
warning-hover → emerald-400

Dark mode (14 roles)

accent → emerald-300
accent-hover → emerald-200
background → emerald-950
error → emerald-300
primary → emerald-400
primary-hover → emerald-300
success → emerald-400
surface → emerald-900
surface-elevated → emerald-800
text-primary → emerald-50
text-secondary → emerald-200
text-tertiary → emerald-400
warning → emerald-600
warning-hover → emerald-500

Provenance

Source
https://tailwindcss.com/docs/colors
License
MIT
Attribution
Tailwind CSS colors, Copyright Tailwind Labs Inc., MIT licensed. Hex values derived from canonical OKLCH definitions in packages/tailwindcss/theme.css via the W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 OKLCH → sRGB conversion.
Imported
2026-05-17 (upstream version 4.3.0)