HEX Color #5FA88A (Darkseagreen)

About #5FA88A

Visually, #5FA88A is defined as a muted green. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkseagreen. Its digital footprint relies on 95 parts red, 168 parts green, and 138 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 43% cyan and 0% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#5FA88A

RGB95, 168, 138

HSL155.3°, 29.6%, 51.6%

CMYK43%, 0%, 18%, 34%

HSV155.3°, 43.5%, 65.9%

LAB63.6, -30.0, 8.4

XYZ23.3, 32.3, 29.0

Decimal6269066

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#5FA88A #A85E7C

Analogous

#5EA865 #5EA1A8

Triadic

#8A5EA8 #A88A5E

Tetradic

#655EA8 #A85E7C #A1A85E

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#5FA88A

#70B197

#82BBA4

#94C5B1

#A6CEBE

#B7D8CB

#C9E2D8

#DBEBE5

#EDF5F2

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#5FA88A

#54957A

#49826B

#3F705C

#345D4C

#2A4A3D

#1F382E

#15251E

#0A120F

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.82:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

7.45:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.69:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.34:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #5FA88A; }

.text-color { color: #5FA88A; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #5FA88A; }

Similar Colors

Darkseagreen

#8FBC8F