Dark cyan

#1e9b8f

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 174 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 #1e9b8f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1e9b8f

RGB30, 155, 143

HSL174, 68%, 36%

HSV174, 81%, 61%

CMYK81%, 0%, 8%, 39%

Lab57.75, -35.01, -3.04

XYZ17.21, 25.7, 30.04

Decimal2005903

Web safe#339999

Pantone3285 C

Shades of dark cyan

#1b8e83 #198177 #16746b #14675f #115a53 #0f4d47 #0c403b #0a3430 #072724 #051a18

Tints of dark cyan

#23b5a7 #28cebe #3cd9ca #56ded1 #6fe3d8 #89e8df #a3ede6 #bdf2ed #d6f7f4 #f0fcfb

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#9b1e2a Analogous#1e9b51 Analogous#1e689b Triadic#8f1e9b Triadic#9b8f1e Split complementary#9b1e68 Split complementary#9b511e

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 81, 0, 8, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1e9b8f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

81 0 8 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 4 11 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 #1e9b8f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1e9b8f; }
.text { color: #1e9b8f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1e9b8f; }

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 #1e9b8f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1e9b8f 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 #1e9b8f 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 #1e9b8f 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 #1e9b8f 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. 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.