Dark cyan

#02937f

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark cyan, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Dark cyan is a deep teal, serious between blue and green. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Dark cyan color values

Every conversion for #02937f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#02937f

RGB2, 147, 127

HSL172, 97%, 29%

HSV172, 99%, 58%

CMYK99%, 0%, 14%, 42%

Lab54.46, -37.85, 1.26

XYZ14.29, 22.41, 23.65

Decimal168831

Web safe#009966

Pantone3285 C

Shades of dark cyan

#028775 #027c6b #027061 #016457 #01594d #014d42 #014138 #01362e #012a24 #001e1a

Tints of dark cyan

#02b59c #03d7b9 #03f9d7 #44fce3 #66fde8 #88fded #aafef2 #ccfef7 #edfffc

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#930216 Analogous#029337 Analogous#025e93 Triadic#7f0293 Triadic#937f02 Split complementary#93025e Split complementary#933702

Dark cyan in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 99, 0, 14, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #02937f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

99 0 14 42

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

95 4 17 48

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark cyan in css

Copy #02937f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #02937f; }
.text { color: #02937f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #02937f; }

How dark cyan looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark cyan and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #02937f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #02937f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark cyan on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #02937f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark cyan? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark cyan into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #02937f and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark cyan, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #02937f are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.