Dark cyan

#16928b

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

This is Dark cyan, a strong teal at 177 degrees. 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 #16928b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#16928b

RGB22, 146, 139

HSL177, 74%, 33%

HSV177, 85%, 57%

CMYK85%, 0%, 5%, 43%

Lab54.65, -32.71, -5.35

XYZ15.27, 22.59, 27.98

Decimal1479307

Web safe#009999

Pantone327 C

Shades of dark cyan

#148680 #127a74 #116e69 #0f625e #0d5652 #0b4a47 #093e3b #083230 #062725 #041b19

Tints of dark cyan

#1aaea6 #1ecac1 #2adfd5 #46e3da #63e7e0 #7fece6 #9bf0eb #b7f4f1 #d3f8f6 #effdfc

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#92161d Analogous#16924d Analogous#165b92 Triadic#8b1692 Triadic#928b16 Split complementary#92165b Split complementary#924d16

Dark cyan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 85, 0, 5, 43.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #16928b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

85 0 5 43

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

82 4 9 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 #16928b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #16928b; }
.text { color: #16928b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #16928b; }

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 #16928b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #16928b 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 #16928b 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 #16928b 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

The figures for #16928b come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.