Dark cyan

#288fa2

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 #288fa2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#288fa2

RGB40, 143, 162

HSL189, 60%, 40%

HSV189, 75%, 64%

CMYK75%, 12%, 0%, 36%

Lab54.77, -22.11, -18.38

XYZ17.22, 22.7, 37.66

Decimal2658210

Web safe#339999

Pantone313 C

Shades of dark cyan

#258394 #217787 #1e6b79 #1a5e6b #17525d #144650 #103a42 #0d2e34 #092226 #061619

Tints of dark cyan

#2ea4b9 #37b6ce #4ebed3 #65c7d9 #7ccfdf #94d8e4 #abe0ea #c2e9f0 #d9f1f6 #f1fafb

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#a23b28 Analogous#28a278 Analogous#2852a2 Triadic#a2288f Triadic#8fa228 Split complementary#a22852 Split complementary#a27828

Dark cyan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 75, 12, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #288fa2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

75 12 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

73 15 4 42

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark cyan in css

Copy #288fa2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #288fa2; }
.text { color: #288fa2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #288fa2; }

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 #288fa2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #288fa2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark cyan on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #288fa2 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark cyan into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #288fa2 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 #288fa2 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.