A grayish light green, black text passes AA
What color is darkseagreen?
The CSS named color darkseagreen is #8fbc8f, or rgb(143 188 143): a grayish light green in plain words. Black text on it reaches 9.76:1, passing WCAG AAA, and Recolor (recolor.page) can put it on a real page.
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| Format | Value |
|---|---|
| Keyword | darkseagreen |
| Hex | #8fbc8f |
| RGB | rgb(143 188 143) |
| HSL | hsl(120 25% 65%) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.1% 0.080 144.7) |
| Nearest Tailwind color | olive-400 #abab9c, 0.066 away in OKLab |
| White text | 2.15:1: AA fails, AAA fails, large text fails |
| Black text | 9.76:1: AA passes, AAA passes, large text passes |
About darkseagreen
Measured in OKLCH, darkseagreen comes out at lightness 75.1%, chroma 0.080 and hue 144.7 degrees: a grayish light green.
Its lightness is 65% in HSL and 75.1% in OKLCH, 10 points apart; only the second tracks how light it looks. No CSS keyword matches it; mediumaquamarine (#66cdaa) is the nearest, 0.056 away in OKLab, a clear step off.
Black on darkseagreen reads at 9.76:1, enough for AAA body text; white reaches 2.15:1 and should stay off it. Its neighbors in the hue-sorted list of names are mediumaquamarine and limegreen.
The closest Tailwind 4.3.3 color is olive-400, 0.066 away in OKLab, so bg-olive-400 comes near; bg-[#8fbc8f] gives the color itself.
Tints and shades
- #ecf4ec
- #d9e9d9
- #c7ddc6
- #b4d2b4
- #a2c7a1
- #8fbc8f
- #6f936f
- #516c51
- #344734
- #1a251a
- #040804
From light to dark: 5 toward white and 5 toward black, mixed in OKLCH a sixth of the way at a time with the hue kept. A step that would repeat its neighbor is left out.
A palette around it
- #8fbc8f
- #743f39
- #e6f1ff
- #667cc9
- #102013
Around darkseagreen as swatch 1, Recolor's generator made a triadic palette, three hues a third of the wheel apart: #743f39, #e6f1ff, #667cc9, #102013, drawn from a seed fixed by its hex. Open it in Recolor.
Using darkseagreen
As a text color, darkseagreen on a black page gives the same 9.76:1.
.notice {
background-color: darkseagreen; /* #8fbc8f */
color: black; /* 9.76:1 */
}Common questions
Does white text pass WCAG AA on darkseagreen?
No. White text measures 2.15:1 on darkseagreen, under AA's 4.5:1; black text measures 9.76:1 and passes.
Can darkseagreen be written in OKLCH?
Yes: oklch(75.1% 0.080 144.7), computed from #8fbc8f. A named color is an sRGB color, so its OKLCH value converts back to the same hex.
Is there a named color close to darkseagreen?
No. The nearest, mediumaquamarine (#66cdaa), is 0.056 away in OKLab, a different color.