Light Sea-Foam Color

#a0febf

Light Sea-Foam is calm, warm-toned shade of cool green. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm magenta, warm yellow or warm blue

Inverse Color #5f0140
Complementary Color #fea0de
Color Shade: cool green (139.79° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 81.18% (better contrasting with black)
Light Sea-Foam Color Sample
Light Sea-Foam Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a0febf

If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Light Sea-Foam Color. The Coastal Trim color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Lime Soap (#7af9ab) for more calm effect. Try Mild Menthol as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#fea0de is the best complementary color to Light Sea-Foam. Warm magenta shades generally complement the cool green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a0febf complementary color is Lavender Rose, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and warm cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Mint Green are #affea0 and #a0feee. Thus found on the left and right of #a0febf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mint Green and Anakiwa colors as they work well with Light Sea-Foam.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Light Sea-Foam palette consists of #fea0af and #eea0fe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fea0de). Try Sweet Pink and Mauve colors in combination with #a0febf, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #a0febf offers a combination of warm red and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Light Sea-Foam. Thus Wax Flower and Mauve giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Light Sea-Foam contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lavender Rose, Melrose, and Vis Vis split by 90° on the color wheel. #a0febf square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, warm magenta and warm yellow shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Light Sea-Foam tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#fea0de) and two others. The Mauve is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Jonquil – 120° from the complementary Lavender Rose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bfa0fe and #dffea0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a0febf is made of 26% red, 42% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Light Sea-Foam has a hue angle of 139.79°, a saturation of 97.92% and a lightness of 81.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a0febf is made of 36.86% cyan, 0% magenta, 24.71% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #a0febf
RGB Decimal rgb(160,254,191)
RGB Percentage 26%, 42%, 32%
CMYK 36.86, 0, 24.71, 0.39
HSL hsl(139.79,97.92%,81.18%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(139.79,37.01%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(92.6273,-40.8743,21.5063)
XYZ xyz(59.343,82.1188,62.013)
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