#22B573
Warm bright emerald
A Bright Spring color
anchor color 5 of 10 in Bright Spring. Also called Clear Spring in other systems.
By Kathleen Olsen · Updated November 11, 2026
Warm bright emerald is emerald with a drop of yellow added and the light kept high. It is the Bright Spring green, clear enough to pass for a Winter jewel and warm enough to flatter a Spring face. Cooler emeralds belong to the Winters. Softer greens belong to the Autumns.
Warm bright emerald is an anchor color in Bright Spring. Nothing on the same side of the warm–cool line comes within twenty points of it; the nearest is Warm turquoise #1FC3B8 in True Spring at 32. That makes it a clean test. If it suits you, you are in this palette.
At RGB 34, 181, 115 the green is high, the blue sits at about two thirds of it, and there is a little red. That little red is the warmth. Take it out and the color is True Winter's emerald. Add more and it slides toward grass green. This one sits at the point where the green still reads as a jewel but no longer reads as cold.
A Bright Spring wears it as one strong color with the palette's neutrals: warm navy, camel, warm grey, warm espresso. A knit with a navy coat. A dress with camel shoes. A scarf against a white shirt. It also pairs with bright coral and golden yellow, which the Winter emeralds do not.
Retailers call it emerald, kelly, jade, bright green, or just green, and the names drift. Most of what sells as emerald is cooler, which is Winter, or darker, which is Deep Winter. Hold the garment against a bright yellow. Warm bright emerald looks like a cousin of the yellow. A cool emerald looks like a stranger.
Bright Winter's bright emerald is five points away and True Winter's emerald is thirteen, both cool. The difference is a drop of yellow, which is hard to see in a garment and easy to see on a face. On a Bright Spring, the Winter versions look faintly cold. On a Bright Winter, this one looks faintly yellow. Bright Spring's own warm turquoise is twenty-four points off and bluer.
The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).
Bright emerald #00A86B
Bright Winter anchor · ΔE 5
Emerald #009B6B
True Winter anchor · ΔE 13
Warm turquoise #1FC3B8
True Spring anchor · ΔE 32
Grass green #6FBF3B
True Spring anchor · ΔE 34
Warm aqua #6FD6C6
Light Spring anchor · ΔE 34
Warm mint #9FE0C0
Light Spring anchor · ΔE 35
As of November 11, 2026, nothing in stock samples close to #22B573. The guide below has the nearest colors that do. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.
Yes. Warm bright emerald (#22B573) is an anchor color in the Bright Spring palette. No other palette on the same side of the warm–cool line has a color near it, which makes it a reliable test for the season.
Nearly. True Winter's emerald is thirteen points away and has no red in it at all. Warm bright emerald as the Bright Spring palette uses it is RGB 34, 181, 115, with a little red for warmth. Shops do not distinguish the two, so go by the garment against a yellow.
Yes. Bright Winter's own bright emerald is five points away, inside the range of a single dye lot. The two palettes share it in practice.
Usually. True Spring's greens are yellower, grass green and bright warm green, so this one reads a little blue near a True Spring face. With warm turquoise or peach it holds.
For a Bright Spring: warm navy, camel, warm grey, bright coral, golden yellow, white. Emerald and navy is the easy pairing. Emerald and coral is the loud one. Avoid cool greys and black.
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