Dark cyan

#1b8d97

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. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Dark cyan color values

Every conversion for #1b8d97, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1b8d97

RGB27, 141, 151

HSL185, 70%, 35%

HSV185, 82%, 59%

CMYK82%, 7%, 0%, 41%

Lab53.51, -26.08, -13.97

XYZ15.56, 21.52, 32.61

Decimal1805719

Web safe#339999

Pantone3145 C

Shades of dark cyan

#19818a #17767e #146a71 #125e65 #105358 #0e474c #0b3b3f #093033 #072426 #05181a

Tints of dark cyan

#20a6b2 #25bfcc #35cedb #50d4e0 #6bdbe4 #85e1e9 #a0e8ee #bbeef3 #d5f5f8 #f0fbfc

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#97251b Analogous#1b9763 Analogous#1b4f97 Triadic#971b8d Triadic#8d971b Split complementary#971b4f Split complementary#97631b

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 82, 7, 0, 41.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1b8d97 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

82 7 0 41

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 10 4 47

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 #1b8d97 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1b8d97; }
.text { color: #1b8d97; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1b8d97; }

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 #1b8d97 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1b8d97 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 #1b8d97 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 #1b8d97 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

The figures for #1b8d97 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.