Light sea green

#40bcaf

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

Light sea green lands where green meets blue, mid and soft. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light sea green color values

Every conversion for #40bcaf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#40bcaf

RGB64, 188, 175

HSL174, 49%, 49%

HSV174, 66%, 74%

CMYK66%, 0%, 7%, 26%

Lab69.58, -36.83, -3.43

XYZ27.84, 40.15, 46.84

Decimal4242607

Web safe#33cc99

Pantone3262 C

Shades of light sea green

#3aaba0 #359b90 #2f8a81 #2a7a72 #246962 #1e5953 #194843 #133834 #0d2725 #081715

Tints of light sea green

#50c4b8 #62cabf #74d0c6 #86d6ce #98dcd5 #aae2dc #bce8e4 #ceeeeb #e0f4f2 #f2fafa

Colors that go with light sea green

Complementary#bc404d Analogous#40bc71 Analogous#408bbc Triadic#af40bc Triadic#bcaf40 Split complementary#bc408b Split complementary#bc7140

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 66, 0, 7, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #40bcaf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 0 7 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 4 10 32

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 #40bcaf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #40bcaf; }
.text { color: #40bcaf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #40bcaf; }

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 #40bcaf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #40bcaf 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 #40bcaf 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 #40bcaf 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #40bcaf are worked out. 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.