Seafoam Color
Seafoam is a green color with hex code #80F9AD. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with seafoam, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Seafoam Color Values
What Does Seafoam Mean?
Seafoam 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, Seafoam reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Seafoam is classified as a green (nearest centroid: brilliant yellowish green, #83D37D). It is also known as Esper’s Fungus Green.
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Seafoam
Seafoam and #F980CD 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 — #90F980 and #80F9E9, which sit beside seafoam on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair seafoam with triadic partners #AD80F9 and #F9AD80. 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
- Seafoam Green —
#7AF9AB(Delta E 2) - Light Blue Green —
#7EFBB3(Delta E 2) - Foam Green —
#90FDA9(Delta E 5) - Light Bluish Green —
#76FDA8(Delta E 6) - Light Greenish Blue —
#63F7B4(Delta E 7)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #80F9AD; }
.background { background-color: #80F9AD; }
.border { border: 2px solid #80F9AD; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #80F9AD40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for seafoam?
Seafoam has the hex code #80F9AD. In RGB notation it is rgb(128, 249, 173), in HSL it is hsl(142, 91%, 74%), and its OKLCH value is 0.892, 0.153, 154.3.
What does the color seafoam mean?
Green-family colors like seafoam carry distinct psychological associations. Seafoam 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, Seafoam reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
What colors go with seafoam?
Seafoam has three easy routes: its complement #F980CD for punch, its neighbors #90F980 and #80F9E9 for something calmer, or triadic partners #AD80F9 and #F9AD80 when you want energy.
Is seafoam a standard web color?
No — Seafoam is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #80F9AD or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make seafoam lighter or darker?
To lighten seafoam, 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 #ECFEF2 (lightest tint) to #033A17 (darkest shade).
About Seafoam
Seafoam is classified as a Green in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Green hue family. It has alternative names including Esper’s Fungus Green. The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #80F9AD to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.