About Seafoam
Seafoam, #93e9be, is green aerated with white — the color of surf dissolving on sand. Cooler than mint, softer than aquamarine, it is the pastel the ocean actually produces.
History
Seafoam furnished 1950s diners, Cadillacs and kitchenware — mid-century America’s favorite optimism — then returned with vaporwave’s beach-sunset palettes and wellness branding’s spa side.
Psychology
Seafoam is freshness at whisper volume: renewing without mint’s toothpaste snap. It reads coastal, clean and slightly nostalgic — the pastel with a vacation memory.
In design
Seafoam is a surface tint and accent: lovely on charcoal, dreamy beside coral and sand, useless as text (1.4:1 on white). Retro palettes pair it with cream and chrome; modern ones with terracotta and walnut.
In culture
Seafoam Cadillacs, seafoam Stratocasters (Fender’s Surf Green is its cousin), seafoam kitchens: the color of the American mid-century imagining the coast.