Dark cyan

#18878e

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, weighty between blue and green. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Dark cyan color values

Every conversion for #18878e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#18878e

RGB24, 135, 142

HSL184, 71%, 33%

HSV184, 83%, 56%

CMYK83%, 5%, 0%, 44%

Lab51.24, -26.25, -12.18

XYZ13.92, 19.48, 28.62

Decimal1607566

Web safe#009999

Pantone3145 C

Shades of dark cyan

#167c82 #147177 #12666b #105b60 #0e5054 #0c4549 #0a3a3d #082f31 #062426 #04191a

Tints of dark cyan

#1da2aa #21bcc6 #2cd1db #48d7e0 #64dde5 #80e3ea #9ce9ee #b8eff3 #d4f6f8 #f0fcfc

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#8e1f18 Analogous#188e5a Analogous#184c8e Triadic#8e1887 Triadic#878e18 Split complementary#8e184c Split complementary#8e5a18

Dark cyan in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 83, 5, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #18878e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

83 5 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

80 9 4 50

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

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #18878e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #18878e; }
.text { color: #18878e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #18878e; }

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 #18878e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #18878e 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 #18878e 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 #18878e 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 #18878e come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.