Light Seafoam #A0FEBF

About this color

#A0FEBF is a very light, moderately saturated green. In OKLCH its lightness is 92%, its chroma 0.125 and its hue 154°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. It is the named color Light Seafoam. Black text reads best on it, at 17.42:1.

Colors that go with Light Seafoam

Matches found by rotating Light Seafoam around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Light Seafoam

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Light Seafoam, closest first.

• Laser Overdrive
• Gumdrop Treasure
• Pot Loggia
• Teal Release
• Atoll Haven
• Sunhat Weekend
• Sunlit Gate

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Light Seafoam, with their ΔE distance.

• Light Seafoam Green #A7FFB5 ΔE 0.014
• Light Mint Green #A6FBB2 ΔE 0.015
• Mint #9FFEB0 ΔE 0.019
• Light Mint #B6FFBB ΔE 0.022
• Celadon #BEFDB7 ΔE 0.030
• Light Pastel Green #B2FBA5 ΔE 0.032
• Light Aquamarine #7BFDC7 ΔE 0.032
• Foam Green #90FDA9 ΔE 0.033

More about Light Seafoam

• Shades of green
• What green means

How to make Light Seafoam

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts white
• 1 part yellow
• 1 part green

Recipe result: #CCEFA7, a difference of ΔE 0.055 from Light Seafoam. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

What colors make green? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Light Seafoam in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Light Seafoam

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 100.

1. Step 50

   50

   #EBFAEF

   oklch(97.1% 0.021 154.1)

2. Step 100

   100 (this color)

   #A0FEBF

   oklch(92.2% 0.125 153.9)

3. Step 200

   200

   #ABEBBE

   oklch(88.5% 0.09 153.6)

4. Step 300

   300

   #5CDE90

   oklch(80.8% 0.16 154.1)

5. Step 400

   400

   #00BF6A

   oklch(70.6% 0.178 154)

6. Step 500

   500

   #00A45A

   oklch(63.1% 0.159 153.9)

7. Step 600

   600

   #008A4B

   oklch(55.6% 0.14 154)

8. Step 700

   700

   #00743E

   oklch(49% 0.124 153.9)

9. Step 800

   800

   #005F32

   oklch(42.6% 0.107 154.1)

10. Step 900

    900

    #005029

    oklch(37.8% 0.096 153.9)

11. Step 950

    950

    #003016

    oklch(27.1% 0.069 153.7)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Light Seafoam with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.