Dark cyan

#15917c

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, rich 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 #15917c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#15917c

RGB21, 145, 124

HSL170, 75%, 33%

HSV170, 86%, 57%

CMYK86%, 0%, 14%, 43%

Lab53.88, -36.71, 2.16

XYZ14.07, 21.87, 22.55

Decimal1413500

Web safe#009966

Pantone3285 C

Shades of dark cyan

#138572 #127968 #106e5e #0e6254 #0c5649 #0b4a3f #093e35 #07322b #062721 #041b17

Tints of dark cyan

#19ad94 #1dcaad #28e0c1 #44e4c9 #61e8d1 #7decd9 #9af0e2 #b6f4ea #d3f9f2 #effdfa

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#91152a Analogous#15913e Analogous#156891 Triadic#7c1591 Triadic#917c15 Split complementary#911568 Split complementary#913e15

Dark cyan in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 86, 0, 14, 43.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #15917c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

86 0 14 43

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

83 4 17 49

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark cyan in css

Copy #15917c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #15917c; }
.text { color: #15917c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #15917c; }

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 #15917c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #15917c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark cyan on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #15917c 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark cyan into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #15917c 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 #15917c are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.