Dark sea green

#bbdcbe

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 soft green at 125 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 #bbdcbe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbdcbe

RGB187, 220, 190

HSL125, 32%, 80%

HSV125, 15%, 86%

CMYK15%, 0%, 14%, 14%

Lab84.72, -16.54, 11.13

XYZ55.38, 65.47, 58.43

Decimal12311742

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone344 C

Shades of dark sea green

#a2cfa6 #89c28e #70b677 #58a95f #4a9051 #3e7843 #315f35 #244627 #172d19 #0a140b

Tints of dark sea green

#c6e2c9 #d1e8d3 #d7ead9 #ddedde #e2f0e4 #e8f3e9 #eef6ee #f3f9f4

Colors that go with dark sea green

Complementary#dcbbd9 Analogous#c8dcbb Analogous#bbdccf Triadic#bebbdc Triadic#dcbebb Split complementary#cfbbdc Split complementary#dcbbc8

Dark sea green in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 15, 0, 14, 14.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 0 14 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 4 17 20

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 #bbdcbe straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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

Every value on this page for #bbdcbe is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.