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Sea Green

#2E8B57

Conversions

HEX#2E8B57

RGBrgb(46, 139, 87)

HSLhsl(146, 50%, 36%)

HSVhsv(146, 67%, 55%)

CMYKcmyk(67%, 0%, 37%, 45%)

Copy CSS

color: #2e8b57;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(46, 139, 87);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(146, 50%, 36%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 4.25 : 1

On ink blackPass · 4.51 : 1

Shades

Tints

Pairings

About Sea Green

Sea Green is the hex color #2E8B57, which translates to rgb(46, 139, 87) in RGB and hsl(146, 50%, 36%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 146 degrees, with a saturation of 50 percent and a lightness of 36 percent. That combination puts Sea Green in the workable middle of the green family, neither pastel nor fully saturated.

How Sea Green compares

Sea Green is exactly the CSS keyword seagreen, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is emerald-600 (#009966), at a distance of 8.8. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Shamrock Green at 12.2. Sorted by lightness, Sea Green is number 15 of the 30 green colors here.

Text on Sea Green

One of the five common text colors below clears WCAG AA for normal text on Sea Green, led by Ink black at 4.51:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Sea Green already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Sea Green. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	4.25:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	4.51:1	Pass	Pass	Fail
Mid grey #6B7280	1.14:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	2.43:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	3.43:1	Fail	Pass	Fail

Building a palette around Sea Green

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Sea Green for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Sea Green

Format	Value
HEX	#2E8B57
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 87)
HSL	hsl(146, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(146, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 37%, 45%)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.1187 154.95)
CIELAB	lab(51.53 -39.72 20.05)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.