Evening Sea Color
Evening Sea is a cyan color with hex code #024E46. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with evening sea, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Evening Sea Color Values
What Does Evening Sea Mean?
Evening Sea belongs to the cyan family of colors. The cyan family covers turquoise, teal, and aqua: blue calmed down with a little green mixed in. Travel sites, spas, and healthcare brands camp here because these hues read as fresh and clean without turning clinical. Being on the dark side, Evening Sea adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Evening Sea is classified as a green (nearest centroid: dark bluish green, #004B49).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Evening Sea
Evening Sea and #50020A are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #025021 and #023150, which sit beside evening sea on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair evening sea with triadic partners #480250 and #504802. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Dark Blue Green —
#005249(Delta E 2) - Eden —
#105852(Delta E 4) - Dark Teal —
#014D4E(Delta E 6) - Dark Turquoise —
#045C5A(Delta E 7) - Plantation —
#27504B(Delta E 7)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #024E46; }
.background { background-color: #024E46; }
.border { border: 2px solid #024E46; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #024E4640; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for evening sea?
Evening Sea has the hex code #024E46. In RGB notation it is rgb(2, 78, 70), in HSL it is hsl(174, 95%, 16%), and its OKLCH value is 0.381, 0.067, 183.1.
What does the color evening sea mean?
Cyan-family colors like evening sea carry distinct psychological associations. Evening Sea belongs to the cyan family of colors. The cyan family covers turquoise, teal, and aqua: blue calmed down with a little green mixed in. Travel sites, spas, and healthcare brands camp here because these hues read as fresh and clean without turning clinical. Being on the dark side, Evening Sea adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
What colors go with evening sea?
Evening Sea has three easy routes: its complement #50020A for punch, its neighbors #025021 and #023150 for something calmer, or triadic partners #480250 and #504802 when you want energy.
Is evening sea a standard web color?
No — Evening Sea is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #024E46 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make evening sea lighter or darker?
To lighten evening sea, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #B9FDF6 (lightest tint) to #000F0D (darkest shade).
About Evening Sea
Evening Sea is classified as a Green in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Cyan hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #024E46 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.