Dark sea green

#a8b8a2

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 muted. 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 #a8b8a2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a8b8a2

RGB168, 184, 162

HSL104, 13%, 68%

HSV104, 12%, 72%

CMYK9%, 0%, 12%, 28%

Lab73.03, -9.66, 9.3

XYZ39.81, 45.21, 40.81

Decimal11057314

Web safe#99cc99

Pantone5575 C

Shades of dark sea green

#97aa90 #879d7e #768f6d #677d5f #586b52 #4a5944 #3b4736 #2c3529 #1d231b #0e110d

Tints of dark sea green

#b0beaa #b8c5b3 #bfcbbb #c7d1c3 #cfd8cb #d7ded4 #dee4dc #e6ebe4 #eef1ed #f6f7f5

Colors that go with dark sea green

Complementary#b2a2b8 Analogous#b3b8a2 Analogous#a2b8a7 Triadic#a2a8b8 Triadic#b8a2a8 Split complementary#a7a2b8 Split complementary#b8a2b3

Dark sea green in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 9, 0, 12, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a8b8a2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 0 12 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 4 15 34

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark sea green in css

Copy #a8b8a2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a8b8a2; }
.text { color: #a8b8a2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a8b8a2; }

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 #a8b8a2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a8b8a2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark sea green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a8b8a2 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark sea green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a8b8a2 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 #a8b8a2 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.