Color specimenNo. 01096065

#10B981

Bright Teal

A deterministic reference card for #10B981. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
16, 185, 129
HSL
160°, 84%, 39%
Text
Black on top

Tailwind CSS · emerald

tailwind · emerald 500

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-emerald-500, text-emerald-500, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · emerald

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Class name
emerald-500
Hex
#10B981
Closest CSS named color
mediumseagreen
Full color breakdown
/color/10b981

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #10B981 as the text color.

2.54:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #10B981 as the text color.

8.28:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

Recommendation

When using #10B981 as a background, pair it with #000000 text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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