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Sea Green Color

#2e8b57

Sea Green Color

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A muted blue-green named after the color of ocean water.

Nearest Tailwind class emerald-600 #009966 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#2e8b57

RGB

rgb(46, 139, 87)

HSL

hsl(146.5, 50.3%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(146.5, 66.9%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 37.4%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(51.53, -39.72, 20.05)

LCH

lch(51.53, 44.49, 153.22)

OKLCH

oklch(56.9%, 0.1187, 154.92)

HWB

hwb(146.5, 18%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b2e62

Analogous

#338b2e

#2e8b57

#2e8b86

Triadic

#2e8b57

#572e8b

#8b572e

Split-complementary

#2e8b57

#862e8b

#8b2e33

Tetradic

#2e8b57

#2e628b

#8b2e62

#8b572e

Square

#2e8b57

#2e338b

#8b2e62

#8b862e

Shades

Sea Green Color mixed toward black.

#267449

#1f5d3a

#17462c

#0f2e1d

#08170f

Tints

Sea Green Color mixed toward white.

#3bb471

#5cc98c

#85d7a9

#aee4c6

#d6f2e2

Tones

Sea Green Color mixed toward gray.

#368358

#3e7c59

#45745a

#4d6c5b

#55645c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#646567 · ΔE 26.2

Deuteranopia

#5f586a · ΔE 34

Tritanopia

#377173 · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2e8b57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2e8b57]

Related colors

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Spring Green #00ff7f

Mint Cream #f5fffa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Frequently asked questions

Sea Green (#2e8b57) is rgb(46, 139, 87) in RGB.

No, #2e8b57 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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