Light sea green

#05bbbd

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light sea green, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Light sea green is a deep teal, rich between blue and green. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light sea green color values

Every conversion for #05bbbd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#05bbbd

RGB5, 187, 189

HSL181, 95%, 38%

HSV181, 97%, 74%

CMYK97%, 1%, 0%, 26%

Lab68.93, -37.32, -12.17

XYZ27.02, 39.25, 54.3

Decimal375741

Web safe#00cccc

Pantone326 C

Shades of light sea green

#05abad #049b9d #048c8d #037c7d #036c6d #025c5d #024d4e #023d3e #012d2e #011d1e

Tints of light sea green

#06d8da #07f4f7 #5cf9fb #79fafb #96fbfc #b4fcfd #d1fdfe #eefeff

Colors that go with light sea green

Complementary#bd0705 Analogous#05bd63 Analogous#055fbd Triadic#bd05bb Triadic#bbbd05 Split complementary#bd055f Split complementary#bd6305

Light sea green in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 97, 1, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #05bbbd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

97 1 0 26

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

93 5 4 32

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light sea green in css

Copy #05bbbd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #05bbbd; }
.text { color: #05bbbd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #05bbbd; }

How light sea green looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light sea green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #05bbbd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #05bbbd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light sea green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #05bbbd sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light sea green? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light sea green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #05bbbd and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light sea green, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #05bbbd is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.