Dark cyan

#219989

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark cyan, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Dark cyan lands where green meets blue, deep and strong. 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 #219989, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#219989

RGB33, 153, 137

HSL172, 65%, 36%

HSV172, 78%, 60%

CMYK78%, 0%, 10%, 40%

Lab56.99, -35.5, -0.74

XYZ16.53, 24.91, 27.6

Decimal2201993

Web safe#339999

Pantone3285 C

Shades of dark cyan

#1e8c7e #1b7f72 #197367 #16665b #135950 #104c44 #0e4039 #0b332d #082622 #051917

Tints of dark cyan

#26b2a0 #2ccbb6 #40d6c2 #59dbca #72e1d2 #8ce6da #a5ece2 #bef1ea #d7f6f2 #f0fcfa

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#992131 Analogous#21994d Analogous#216d99 Triadic#892199 Triadic#998921 Split complementary#99216d Split complementary#994d21

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 78, 0, 10, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #219989 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

78 0 10 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

76 4 13 46

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 #219989 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #219989; }
.text { color: #219989; }
.border { border: 2px solid #219989; }

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 #219989 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #219989 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 #219989 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 #219989 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

Every value on this page for #219989 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.