Dark sea green

#abc9b5

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

This is Dark sea green, a muted green at 140 degrees. Light greens like this signal fresh, natural and wellness. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Dark sea green color values

Every conversion for #abc9b5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#abc9b5

RGB171, 201, 181

HSL140, 22%, 73%

HSV140, 15%, 79%

CMYK15%, 0%, 10%, 21%

Lab78.33, -13.95, 6.63

XYZ46.02, 53.77, 51.67

Decimal11258293

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone557 C

Shades of dark sea green

#96bca3 #81ae90 #6da17e #5c8f6d #4f7b5d #41664e #34513e #273c2e #19271e #0c130e

Tints of dark sea green

#b2cebb #bad2c2 #c1d7c8 #c8dccf #d0e1d5 #d7e5dc #deeae2 #e6efe9 #edf3ef #f4f8f5

Colors that go with dark sea green

Complementary#c9abbf Analogous#b0c9ab Analogous#abc9c4 Triadic#b5abc9 Triadic#c9b5ab Split complementary#c4abc9 Split complementary#c9abb0

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 15, 0, 10, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #abc9b5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 0 10 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 4 13 27

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 #abc9b5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #abc9b5; }
.text { color: #abc9b5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #abc9b5; }

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 #abc9b5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #abc9b5 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 #abc9b5 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 #abc9b5 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 #abc9b5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.