Dark sea green

#bbd8bf

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, light and muted. 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 #bbd8bf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbd8bf

RGB187, 216, 191

HSL128, 27%, 79%

HSV128, 13%, 85%

CMYK13%, 0%, 12%, 15%

Lab83.67, -14.35, 9.11

XYZ54.45, 63.44, 58.66

Decimal12310719

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone558 C

Shades of dark sea green

#a3caa9 #8cbd92 #74af7c #5da166 #4f8a57 #417248 #345a39 #26432a #192b1b #0b130c

Tints of dark sea green

#c1dbc4 #c6deca #cce2cf #d2e5d4 #d7e8da #ddebdf #e3efe4 #e8f2ea #eef5ef #f4f8f4

Colors that go with dark sea green

Complementary#d8bbd4 Analogous#c5d8bb Analogous#bbd8ce Triadic#bfbbd8 Triadic#d8bfbb Split complementary#cebbd8 Split complementary#d8bbc5

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 13, 0, 12, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbd8bf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 0 12 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

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

Dark sea green in css

Copy #bbd8bf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbd8bf; }
.text { color: #bbd8bf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbd8bf; }

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 #bbd8bf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbd8bf 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 #bbd8bf 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 #bbd8bf 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 #bbd8bf come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.