Dark sea green

#badca3

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

Dark sea green is a light green that feels soft. Light greens like this signal fresh, natural and wellness. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Dark sea green color values

Every conversion for #badca3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#badca3

RGB186, 220, 163

HSL96, 45%, 75%

HSV96, 26%, 86%

CMYK15%, 0%, 26%, 14%

Lab84.11, -21.37, 24.41

XYZ52.45, 64.27, 44.29

Decimal12246179

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone358 C

Shades of dark sea green

#a7d289 #94c970 #81bf56 #6faf43 #5e9639 #4e7c2f #3e6326 #2e491c #1e3012 #0e1608

Tints of dark sea green

#c0dfab #c6e2b3 #cce5bb #d2e8c3 #d8ebcb #deeed2 #e4f1da #e9f4e2 #eff7ea #f5faf2

Colors that go with dark sea green

Complementary#c5a3dc Analogous#d6dca3 Analogous#a3dca9 Triadic#a3badc Triadic#dca3ba Split complementary#a9a3dc Split complementary#dca3d6

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, 26, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #badca3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 0 26 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 4 28 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark sea green in css

Copy #badca3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #badca3; }
.text { color: #badca3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #badca3; }

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 #badca3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #badca3 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 #badca3 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 #badca3 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 #badca3 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.