Dark sea green

#bad8bf

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 130 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 #bad8bf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bad8bf

RGB186, 216, 191

HSL130, 28%, 79%

HSV130, 14%, 85%

CMYK14%, 0%, 12%, 15%

Lab83.61, -14.69, 9.0

XYZ54.21, 63.31, 58.65

Decimal12245183

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone572 C

Shades of dark sea green

#a2cba9 #8bbd93 #73b07d #5ca267 #4e8a58 #417249 #335b3a #26432b #182b1c #0b140c

Tints of dark sea green

#c6dfca #d1e5d4 #d7e8da #e2efe4 #e8f2ea #eef5ef

Colors that go with dark sea green

Complementary#d8bad3 Analogous#c4d8ba Analogous#bad8ce Triadic#bfbad8 Triadic#d8bfba Split complementary#cebad8 Split complementary#d8bac4

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 14, 0, 12, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bad8bf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 0 12 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 4 15 21

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 #bad8bf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bad8bf; }
.text { color: #bad8bf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bad8bf; }

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 #bad8bf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bad8bf 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 #bad8bf 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 #bad8bf 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 #bad8bf 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.