Light sea green

#239c8f

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

This is Light sea green, a strong teal at 174 degrees. 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 #239c8f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#239c8f

RGB35, 156, 143

HSL174, 63%, 37%

HSV174, 78%, 61%

CMYK78%, 0%, 8%, 39%

Lab58.15, -34.94, -2.45

XYZ17.54, 26.12, 30.1

Decimal2333839

Web safe#339999

Pantone3285 C

Shades of light sea green

#208f83 #1d8277 #1a756b #17685f #145a53 #114d47 #0e403b #0b332f #092623 #061917

Tints of light sea green

#29b5a6 #2ecdbc #44d5c6 #5ddbcd #75e0d5 #8ee6dc #a7ebe4 #bff1eb #d8f6f3 #f0fcfb

Colors that go with light sea green

Complementary#9c2330 Analogous#239c53 Analogous#236c9c Triadic#8f239c Triadic#9c8f23 Split complementary#9c236c Split complementary#9c5323

Light sea green in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 78, 0, 8, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #239c8f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

78 0 8 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

76 4 11 45

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

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #239c8f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #239c8f; }
.text { color: #239c8f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #239c8f; }

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 #239c8f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #239c8f 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 #239c8f 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 #239c8f 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 #239c8f is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.