Light sea green

#18a6a3

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. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light sea green color values

Every conversion for #18a6a3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#18a6a3

RGB24, 166, 163

HSL179, 75%, 37%

HSV179, 86%, 65%

CMYK86%, 0%, 2%, 35%

Lab61.75, -34.67, -8.44

XYZ20.62, 30.11, 39.38

Decimal1615523

Web safe#009999

Pantone320 C

Shades of light sea green

#169895 #148a88 #127c7a #106e6c #0e605f #0c5251 #0a4543 #083736 #062928 #041b1a

Tints of light sea green

#1cc0bd #20dbd7 #37e2de #51e6e3 #6beae7 #86edeb #a0f1f0 #bbf5f4 #d5f9f8 #effdfc

Colors that go with light sea green

Complementary#a6181b Analogous#18a65c Analogous#1862a6 Triadic#a318a6 Triadic#a6a318 Split complementary#a61862 Split complementary#a65c18

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 86, 0, 2, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #18a6a3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

86 0 2 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

83 4 6 41

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 #18a6a3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #18a6a3; }
.text { color: #18a6a3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #18a6a3; }

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 #18a6a3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #18a6a3 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 #18a6a3 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 #18a6a3 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 #18a6a3 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.