Dark sea green

#9cad98

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

Dark sea green sits in the green range, mid and grey. 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 #9cad98, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9cad98

RGB156, 173, 152

HSL109, 11%, 64%

HSV109, 12%, 68%

CMYK10%, 0%, 12%, 32%

Lab68.91, -9.95, 8.79

XYZ34.32, 39.22, 35.47

Decimal10268056

Web safe#999999

Pantone5565 C

Shades of dark sea green

#8ca088 #7c9377 #6e8469 #60735c #53634f #455342 #374235 #2a3228 #1c211b #0e110e

Tints of dark sea green

#a5b4a1 #aebcab #b7c3b4 #c0cbbd #c9d2c7 #d2d9d0 #dbe1d9 #e4e8e2 #edf0ec #f5f7f5

Colors that go with dark sea green

Complementary#a998ad Analogous#a7ad98 Analogous#98ad9e Triadic#989cad Triadic#ad989c Split complementary#9e98ad Split complementary#ad98a6

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 10, 0, 12, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9cad98 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 0 12 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 4 15 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.

Dark sea green in css

Copy #9cad98 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9cad98; }
.text { color: #9cad98; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9cad98; }

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 #9cad98 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9cad98 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 #9cad98 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 #9cad98 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

The figures for #9cad98 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.