Sea Mist Color
Sea Mist is a green color with hex code #C5DBCA. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with sea mist, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Sea Mist Color Values
What Does Sea Mist Mean?
Sea Mist belongs to the green family of colors. Green asks less of the eye than any other family, which is why long reading sessions feel easier on green-tinted backgrounds. The associations run to nature, health, and money, and compared with most hues they hold remarkably steady across cultures. As a lighter shade, Sea Mist reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Sea Mist is classified as a green (nearest centroid: very pale green, #C7E6D7).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Sea Mist
Sea Mist and #DCC7D7 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 — #CCDCC7 and #C7DCD6, which sit beside sea mist on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair sea mist with triadic partners #CBC7DC and #DCCBC7. 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
CSS Examples
.text { color: #C5DBCA; }
.background { background-color: #C5DBCA; }
.border { border: 2px solid #C5DBCA; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #C5DBCA40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for sea mist?
Sea Mist has the hex code #C5DBCA. In RGB notation it is rgb(197, 219, 202), in HSL it is hsl(134, 23%, 82%), and its OKLCH value is 0.87, 0.033, 152.4.
What does the color sea mist mean?
Green-family colors like sea mist carry distinct psychological associations. Sea Mist belongs to the green family of colors. Green asks less of the eye than any other family, which is why long reading sessions feel easier on green-tinted backgrounds. The associations run to nature, health, and money, and compared with most hues they hold remarkably steady across cultures. As a lighter shade, Sea Mist reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
What colors go with sea mist?
Sea Mist has three easy routes: its complement #DCC7D7 for punch, its neighbors #CCDCC7 and #C7DCD6 for something calmer, or triadic partners #CBC7DC and #DCCBC7 when you want energy.
Is sea mist a standard web color?
No — Sea Mist is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #C5DBCA or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make sea mist lighter or darker?
To lighten sea mist, 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 #F6F9F6 (lightest tint) to #1B2C1F (darkest shade).
About Sea Mist
Sea Mist is classified as a Green in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Green hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #C5DBCA to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.