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Seafoam Bloom Dust
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Seafoam Bloom Dust

Green · Hue 140
Metrics
S 26% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.6:1Failon black12.8:1AA
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About this color

Seafoam Bloom Dust (#B2D2BC) belongs to the green family — hue 140°, 26% saturation, 76% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-seafoam-bloom-dust: #B2D2BC;
  --colorarchive-seafoam-bloom-dust-hsl: hsl(140, 26%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-seafoam-bloom-dust-rgb: rgb(178, 210, 188);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

CalmingHealingOpen
Common in

Wellness · Meditation Apps · Healthcare

Pairs well with

Soft lavender for serenity, warm cream for organic warmth

Design tip

Perfect for health and wellness interfaces. Light greens reduce visual stress — use for backgrounds in reading-heavy layouts.

Cultural context ▶

Mint and sage greens symbolize healing, tranquility, and renewal. Common in spa and wellness branding.

Color Origins

Green family

The color of growth, currency, and long-running brands.

Heritage

Verdigris (copper acetate) gave medieval manuscripts many of their greens; it was unstable, eating through parchment over centuries. Terre verte (green earth) was used for under-painting flesh in the Italian tradition. Scheele's green (1775) and Paris green, arsenic compounds widely used in the 19th century, killed an unknown number of workers and Victorian children before viridian and phthalo greens replaced them. Modern green pigments are remarkably stable.

Across cultures

Green is closely associated with Islam — it appears on the flags of many Muslim-majority nations and on the Green Dome in Medina. In Ireland green is national identity, partly through the shamrock and partly through the political binary with orange. In Old Japanese a single word, ao, covered both blue and green; the 'go' traffic light is still officially ao, and since 1973 has been set to a bluish shade of green. Across many cultures green simultaneously means growth, fertility, envy, and the supernatural.

In the wild

Starbucks moved its logo from the original 1971 brown to green in 1987. John Deere's green and yellow has marked its machines for more than a century. U.S. banknotes have been printed in green since the 1860s; the Bureau of Engraving and Printing says no one can say for certain why green was first chosen, but it kept the color for the 1929 small-size notes because the pigment was plentiful, durable, and associated with the government's stable credit. WhatsApp, Spotify, and Heineken all anchor on green. Hospital scrubs were originally white and moved to green and teal; a common explanation is that green hides the green after-images surgeons see on white surfaces after staring at red tissue.

How it reads

Green sits near the peak of the eye's daylight sensitivity — the photopic luminosity curve peaks at 555nm. At low saturation it reads as natural, calm, premium (sage, olive). At high saturation it reads as urgent or playful. It carries one of the strongest semantic loads in product design: 'success', 'go', 'natural', 'safe'.

This particular tone

A pale, gentle tone — pastel territory, where the hue acts more like a tinted neutral than a stated color.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: The low saturation pulls this color toward earthen, vintage, or editorial palettes. It reads as confident and grown-up rather than playful, and it tolerates being used in large blocks without becoming visually noisy.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #B2D2BC.

  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Anthropicneutral
    Mid Gray · #B0AEA5
    →
  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #B2D2BC.

  • ScandinaviaIittala Blue
    #A6CEDB · Aalto vase glassware (1936-)
    →
  • France (Paris)Lutetian Limestone
    #E5DDC8 · Paris facade stone (Haussmannian-era buildings)
    →
  • China (Traditional)Celadon (青瓷)
    #9CB48F · Song Dynasty Longquan kilns
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using green and color in design.

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Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Seafoam Pearl Dust
#CCE1D3 · hsl(140, 26%, 84%)
Darker companion
Seafoam Silk Dust
#98C3A6 · hsl(140, 26%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Rose Bloom Dust
#D2B2C7 · hsl(320, 26%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Teal Bloom Dust
#B2D2C7 · hsl(160, 26%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Clover Bloom Dust
#B5D2B2 · hsl(115, 26%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Orchid Bloom Dust
#BCB2D2 · hsl(260, 26%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Ember Bloom Dust
#D2BCB2 · hsl(20, 26%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Magenta Bloom Dust
#CCB2D2 · hsl(290, 26%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Merlot Bloom Dust
#D2B2B7 · hsl(350, 26%, 76%)
Export preview
Base: Seafoam Bloom Dust #B2D2BC
Lighter companion: Seafoam Pearl Dust #CCE1D3
Darker companion: Seafoam Silk Dust #98C3A6
Complementary counterpoint: Rose Bloom Dust #D2B2C7
Analogous lead: Teal Bloom Dust #B2D2C7
Analogous echo: Clover Bloom Dust #B5D2B2
Triadic +120°: Orchid Bloom Dust #BCB2D2
Triadic +240°: Ember Bloom Dust #D2BCB2
Split-comp +150°: Magenta Bloom Dust #CCB2D2
Split-comp +210°: Merlot Bloom Dust #D2B2B7

Compare

See how Seafoam Bloom Dust compares side by side with related colors.

vsSeafoam Pearl DustvsSeafoam Silk DustvsRose Bloom DustvsTeal Bloom DustvsClover Bloom DustvsOrchid Bloom Dust

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Seafoam Bloom Muted
#B7CDBE · hsl(140, 18%, 76%)
Nearby match
Seafoam Bloom Soft
#ADD7BB · hsl(140, 34%, 76%)
Nearby match
Celadon Bloom Dust
#B2D2BF · hsl(145, 26%, 76%)
Nearby match
Seafoam Silk Dust
#98C3A6 · hsl(140, 26%, 68%)
Nearby match
Seafoam Pearl Dust
#CCE1D3 · hsl(140, 26%, 84%)
Nearby match
Seafoam Bloom Faint
#BCC8C0 · hsl(140, 10%, 76%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA8:1
Rose Nocturne Faint
#382E35
AAA8.1:1
Rose Nocturne Muted
#3C2A36
AAA8.3:1
Rose Nocturne Dust
#402637
AAA8.4:1
Rose Nocturne Soft
#442239
AAA8.4:1
Rose Nocturne Clear
#4F173C
AAA8.2:1
Rose Nocturne Vivid
#590D40

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#BFBCC3
Protanopia
#C1C1C2
Tritanopia
#B4C6C7
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Seafoam Bloom Faint#BCC8C0 · hsl(140, 10%, 76%)Seafoam Bloom Muted#B7CDBE · hsl(140, 18%, 76%)Seafoam Bloom Dust#B2D2BC · hsl(140, 26%, 76%)Seafoam Bloom Soft#ADD7BB · hsl(140, 34%, 76%)Seafoam Bloom Clear#A1E3B7 · hsl(140, 54%, 76%)Seafoam Bloom Vivid#95EFB3 · hsl(140, 74%, 76%)Seafoam Bloom Bright#8EF5B1 · hsl(140, 84%, 76%)Seafoam Bloom Pure#89FAAF · hsl(140, 92%, 76%)
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