Dark cyan

#18917c

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 #18917c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#18917c

RGB24, 145, 124

HSL170, 72%, 33%

HSV170, 83%, 57%

CMYK83%, 0%, 14%, 43%

Lab53.92, -36.45, 2.22

XYZ14.14, 21.9, 22.55

Decimal1610108

Web safe#009966

Pantone3285 C

Shades of dark cyan

#168572 #147968 #126d5e #106253 #0e5649 #0c4a3f #0a3e35 #08322b #062621 #041a16

Tints of dark cyan

#1dad94 #21c8ab #2edcbe #49e1c7 #65e6cf #81ead8 #9defe0 #b8f3e9 #d4f8f2 #f0fcfa

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#91182d Analogous#189140 Analogous#186991 Triadic#7c1891 Triadic#917c18 Split complementary#911869 Split complementary#914018

Dark cyan in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 83, 0, 14, 43.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #18917c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

83 0 14 43

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

80 4 17 49

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark cyan in css

Copy #18917c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #18917c; }
.text { color: #18917c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #18917c; }

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 #18917c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #18917c 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 #18917c 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 #18917c 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 #18917c 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.