Dark cyan

#1a869c

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 #1a869c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1a869c

RGB26, 134, 156

HSL190, 71%, 36%

HSV190, 83%, 61%

CMYK83%, 14%, 0%, 39%

Lab51.46, -20.87, -19.98

XYZ14.95, 19.67, 34.46

Decimal1738396

Web safe#339999

Pantone314 C

Shades of dark cyan

#187b8f #167082 #146575 #115968 #0f4e5b #0d434e #0b3841 #092d34 #072227 #04171a

Tints of dark cyan

#1e9db7 #23b4d1 #36c1dd #50c9e2 #6bd1e6 #85daeb #a0e2ef #bbeaf4 #d5f2f8 #f0fafc

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#9c301a Analogous#1a9c71 Analogous#1a459c Triadic#9c1a86 Triadic#869c1a Split complementary#9c1a45 Split complementary#9c711a

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, 14, 0, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1a869c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

83 14 0 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

80 17 4 45

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 #1a869c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1a869c; }
.text { color: #1a869c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1a869c; }

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 #1a869c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1a869c 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 #1a869c 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 #1a869c 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #1a869c is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.