Dark cyan

#1c8ba4

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 191 degrees. 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 #1c8ba4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1c8ba4

RGB28, 139, 164

HSL191, 71%, 38%

HSV191, 83%, 64%

CMYK83%, 15%, 0%, 36%

Lab53.38, -20.61, -21.67

XYZ16.41, 21.39, 38.39

Decimal1870756

Web safe#339999

Pantone314 C

Shades of dark cyan

#1a7f96 #177488 #15687b #135c6d #10515f #0e4551 #0c3943 #092e36 #072228 #04161a

Tints of dark cyan

#20a1be #25b6d7 #3cc0de #56c8e2 #70d1e7 #89d9eb #a3e1ef #bceaf4 #d6f2f8 #f0fafc

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#a4351c Analogous#1ca479 Analogous#1c47a4 Triadic#a41c8b Triadic#8ba41c Split complementary#a41c47 Split complementary#a4791c

Dark cyan in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 83, 15, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1c8ba4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

83 15 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

80 18 4 42

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 #1c8ba4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1c8ba4; }
.text { color: #1c8ba4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1c8ba4; }

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 #1c8ba4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1c8ba4 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 #1c8ba4 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 #1c8ba4 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

Here is how the numbers for #1c8ba4 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.