Dark cyan

#248b88

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, rich 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 #248b88, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#248b88

RGB36, 139, 136

HSL178, 59%, 34%

HSV178, 74%, 55%

CMYK74%, 0%, 2%, 45%

Lab52.53, -28.81, -6.74

XYZ14.4, 20.62, 26.51

Decimal2395016

Web safe#339999

Pantone321 C

Shades of dark cyan

#21807d #1e7472 #1b6966 #185d5b #155250 #124645 #0f3b39 #0c2f2e #092423 #061818

Tints of dark cyan

#2ba4a1 #31bdb9 #40ceca #5ad4d1 #73dbd8 #8ce1df #a5e8e6 #beeeed #d8f5f4 #f1fbfb

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#8b2427 Analogous#248b54 Analogous#245b8b Triadic#88248b Triadic#8b8824 Split complementary#8b245b Split complementary#8b5424

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 74, 0, 2, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #248b88 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

74 0 2 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

72 4 6 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 #248b88 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #248b88; }
.text { color: #248b88; }
.border { border: 2px solid #248b88; }

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 #248b88 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #248b88 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 #248b88 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 #248b88 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 #248b88 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.