Dark cyan

#1c8ea6

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, serious 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 #1c8ea6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1c8ea6

RGB28, 142, 166

HSL190, 71%, 38%

HSV190, 83%, 65%

CMYK83%, 14%, 0%, 35%

Lab54.39, -21.51, -21.26

XYZ17.03, 22.35, 39.49

Decimal1871526

Web safe#339999

Pantone313 C

Shades of dark cyan

#1a8298 #17768a #156a7c #135e6e #105260 #0e4652 #0b3a44 #092e36 #072228 #04161a

Tints of dark cyan

#20a4c0 #25bad9 #3dc2de #57cae3 #70d2e7 #8adaeb #a3e2f0 #bdeaf4 #d6f2f8 #f0fafc

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#a6341c Analogous#1ca679 Analogous#1c49a6 Triadic#a61c8e Triadic#8ea61c Split complementary#a61c49 Split complementary#a6791c

Dark cyan in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 83, 14, 0, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1c8ea6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

83 14 0 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

80 17 4 41

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 #1c8ea6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1c8ea6; }
.text { color: #1c8ea6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1c8ea6; }

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 #1c8ea6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1c8ea6 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 #1c8ea6 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 #1c8ea6 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

Here is how the numbers for #1c8ea6 are worked out. 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.