Dark sea green

#88af8a

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

Dark sea green is a mid green that feels grounded. A mid green this grounded suits sustainability and outdoor brands. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Dark sea green color values

Every conversion for #88af8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#88af8a

RGB136, 175, 138

HSL123, 20%, 61%

HSV123, 22%, 69%

CMYK22%, 0%, 21%, 31%

Lab67.82, -20.6, 14.75

XYZ30.07, 37.73, 29.74

Decimal8957834

Web safe#999999

Pantone556 C

Shades of dark sea green

#77a47a #669869 #5b885d #507752 #456646 #39553b #2e452f #233424 #182318 #0c120d

Tints of dark sea green

#93b695 #9ebe9f #a8c5aa #b3ccb5 #bed3bf #c9dbca #d4e2d5 #dfe9df #e9f1ea #f4f8f5

Colors that go with dark sea green

Complementary#af88ad Analogous#9aaf88 Analogous#88af9e Triadic#8a88af Triadic#af8a88 Split complementary#9e88af Split complementary#af8899

Dark 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 22, 0, 21, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #88af8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 0 21 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 4 23 37

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.

Dark sea green in css

Copy #88af8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #88af8a; }
.text { color: #88af8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #88af8a; }

How dark sea green looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark sea green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #88af8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #88af8a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark sea green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #88af8a sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark 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 dark sea green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #88af8a 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 dark sea green, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #88af8a are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.