Dark cyan

#1a8f94

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 182 degrees. 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 #1a8f94, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1a8f94

RGB26, 143, 148

HSL182, 70%, 34%

HSV182, 82%, 58%

CMYK82%, 3%, 0%, 42%

Lab54.03, -28.13, -11.45

XYZ15.59, 22.0, 31.44

Decimal1740692

Web safe#339999

Pantone321 C

Shades of dark cyan

#188388 #16777c #146c6f #116063 #0f5457 #0d484b #0b3d3f #093132 #072526 #05191a

Tints of dark cyan

#1fa9af #24c3ca #32d4db #4ddae0 #69dfe5 #84e5e9 #9febee #baf0f3 #d5f6f8 #f0fcfc

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#941f1a Analogous#1a945c Analogous#1a5294 Triadic#941a8f Triadic#8f941a Split complementary#941a52 Split complementary#945c1a

Dark cyan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 82, 3, 0, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1a8f94 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

82 3 0 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 7 4 48

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 #1a8f94 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1a8f94; }
.text { color: #1a8f94; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1a8f94; }

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 #1a8f94 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1a8f94 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 #1a8f94 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 #1a8f94 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 #1a8f94 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.