Sea Green (#2E8B57)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text

This is how text may look on this color.

Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 4.25:1 — vs black: 4.95:1

Color values

HEX #2E8B57
RGB rgb(46, 139, 87)
HSL hsl(146, 66%, 54%)
CMYK cmyk( 66.91, 0, 37.41, 45.49 )
Websafe #339966

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Tags

Mood

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Style

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Accent (185)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #2E8B57 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Sea Green
#2E8B57 Base

#8B2E62

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Sea Green
#2E8B57 Base

#338B2E

#2E8B85

Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Sea Green
#2E8B57 Base

#572E8B

#8B572E

Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Sea Green
#2E8B57 Base

#852E8B

#8B2E33

Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Sea Green
#2E8B57 Base

#2E338B

#8B2E62

#8B852E

Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Sea Green
#2E8B57 Base

#08180F

#1B5233

#246C44

#38AA6A

#44C17B

#7ED4A4

Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Sea Green, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #06130C

— #0E2B1B

— #16432A

— #1E5B39

— #267348

Sea Green #2E8B57 Base

— #3DB873

— #65CC92

— #92DBB2

— #BFEAD2

— #ECF9F1

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #2E8B57. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #2E8B57;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #2E8B57;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #2E8B57;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #2E8B57,
        #D93D94
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #2E8B57,
        #D93D94
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$sea-green: #2E8B57;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$sea-green-r: 46;
$sea-green-g: 139;
$sea-green-b: 87;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $sea-green;
    color: rgba($sea-green-r, $sea-green-g, $sea-green-b, 0.8);
}

Color Blindness Simulation

How Sea Green appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #2E8B57 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #797959 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.

Protanopia #858557 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #3F8686 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #7B7B7B Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.

Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Sea Green ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Sea Green #2E8B57 Base

Spanish Green #009150 ΔE 3.43

Green-cyan #009966 ΔE 5.28

Shamrock Green #009E60 ΔE 6.52

Spanish Viridian #007F5C ΔE 6.68

How to use this color

Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.