Dark Sea Green color: #8fbc8f
The CSS keyword darkseagreen is #8fbc8f, rgb(143, 188, 143) or hsl(120, 25%, 65%). Its codes to copy, 50–950 tint scale, harmonies and contrast on white and black.
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About Dark Sea Green
Dark Sea Green is a muted light green. Its hue sits at 145° in OKLCH and 120° in HSL — the two wheels are spaced differently, which is why the numbers disagree.
The keyword darkseagreen comes from the X Window System color list, which SVG 1.0 adopted and CSS Color Level 3 brought to every stylesheet.
Dark Sea Green tint scale, 50 to 950
Eleven steps at fixed perceived lightness, in OKLCH, holding darkseagreen’s own hue from end to end. The keyword itself falls closest to step 400 (#84ae84), the one outlined; step 500 is #689368.
Harmonies built on Dark Sea Green
Hue angles measured in OKLCH, so every accent keeps darkseagreen’s perceived lightness. Its complement is #c89dcb, closest to the named color plum.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-complementary
Dark Sea Green on white and on black
Black text reads better on darkseagreen (9.75:1). As a text color it belongs on a dark background: on white it only reaches 2.15:1, under the 4.5:1 that body text needs, while on black it reaches 9.75:1. AA asks 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; AAA asks 7:1.
Named colors close to Dark Sea Green
Open darkseagreen in the full tools
- Open in Color Converter — convert it to any other notation.
- Open in Palette Generator — export its scale as --darkseagreen-50 … --darkseagreen-950 tokens.
- Open in Color Harmonies — turn the wheel and compare OKLCH with HSL.
- Open in Contrast Checker — test it against any background, with the closest passing shade.
- Open in Color System Generator — derive a light and dark token set from it.
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