The first recorded use of spring green as a color name in English was in 1766. In the Crayola markers, spring green is known as sea foam green.

Some guppies are colored spring green. Crayola has a colored pencil called guppie green that is exactly the same color as spring green.

Spring green brings to mind the well watered vegetation of early spring, being a combination of cyan, the color of water, and green, the color of plants.

Spring green may be used to represent the green movement, especially in graphic design for environmental literature regarding issues having to do with water resources or water conservation.

Spring green is a color included on the color wheel that is precisely halfway between cyan and green.