Dark cyan

#228a94

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

Dark cyan color values

Every conversion for #228a94, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#228a94
RGB34, 138, 148
HSL185, 63%, 36%
HSV185, 77%, 58%
CMYK77%, 7%, 0%, 42%
Lab52.57, -24.8, -13.64
XYZ15.09, 20.66, 31.21
Decimal2263700
Web safe#339999
Pantone3145 C
Pantone3145 CHex#228a94Rgb34 138 148Cmyk77 7 0 42Lab53 -25 -14Darker#0b2e32Deep#15545aLighter#37bac6

Shades of dark cyan

Tints of dark cyan

Colors that go with dark cyan

Dark cyan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 77, 7, 0, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #228a94 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
77 7 0 42
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
75 10 4 48
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 #228a94 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #228a94; }
.text { color: #228a94; }
.border { border: 2px solid #228a94; }

How dark cyan looks on light and dark

Dark cyan and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #228a94 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
4.09:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
5.13:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #228a94 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 #228a94 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #228a94 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark cyan, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #228a94 is computed, not guessed. 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.