Dark cyan

#238b8c

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. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Dark cyan color values

Every conversion for #238b8c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#238b8c

RGB35, 139, 140

HSL181, 60%, 34%

HSV181, 75%, 55%

CMYK75%, 1%, 0%, 45%

Lab52.64, -27.71, -8.9

XYZ14.66, 20.72, 28.04

Decimal2329484

Web safe#339999

Pantone321 C

Shades of dark cyan

#208080 #1d7475 #1a6969 #175d5e #155252 #124647 #0f3b3b #0c2f30 #092424 #061818

Tints of dark cyan

#29a4a5 #30bdbf #3fcecf #58d4d5 #72dbdc #8be1e2 #a5e8e8 #beeeef #d7f5f5 #f1fbfb

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#8c2423 Analogous#238c58 Analogous#23578c Triadic#8c238b Triadic#8b8c23 Split complementary#8c2357 Split complementary#8c5823

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 75, 1, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #238b8c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

75 1 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

73 5 4 51

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 #238b8c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #238b8c; }
.text { color: #238b8c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #238b8c; }

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 #238b8c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #238b8c 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 #238b8c 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 #238b8c 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 #238b8c 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.