Light sea green

#3cae9f

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 mid teal, confident between blue and green. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light sea green color values

Every conversion for #3cae9f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3cae9f

RGB60, 174, 159

HSL172, 49%, 46%

HSV172, 66%, 68%

CMYK66%, 0%, 9%, 32%

Lab64.75, -35.33, -1.69

XYZ23.26, 33.74, 38.09

Decimal3976863

Web safe#339999

Pantone3275 C

Shades of light sea green

#379f91 #329083 #2c8176 #277268 #22625a #1d534c #17443e #123530 #0d2623 #081715

Tints of light sea green

#45bfaf #58c5b7 #6bccbf #7fd3c8 #92d9d0 #a5e0d8 #b8e7e0 #cbede9 #dff4f1 #f2faf9

Colors that go with light sea green

Complementary#ae3c4b Analogous#3cae66 Analogous#3c84ae Triadic#9f3cae Triadic#ae9f3c Split complementary#ae3c84 Split complementary#ae663c

Light sea green in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 66, 0, 9, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3cae9f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 0 9 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 4 12 38

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 #3cae9f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3cae9f; }
.text { color: #3cae9f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3cae9f; }

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 #3cae9f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3cae9f 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 #3cae9f 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 #3cae9f 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

The figures for #3cae9f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.