Dark cyan

#2d889f

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

This is Dark cyan, a strong teal at 192 degrees. 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 #2d889f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2d889f

RGB45, 136, 159

HSL192, 56%, 40%

HSV192, 72%, 62%

CMYK72%, 14%, 0%, 38%

Lab52.59, -18.72, -19.97

XYZ16.14, 20.67, 35.94

Decimal2984095

Web safe#339999

Pantone314 C

Shades of dark cyan

#297c91 #257184 #226576 #1e5a69 #1a4e5b #16434e #123740 #0e2c33 #0b2025 #071418

Tints of dark cyan

#339bb5 #3dacc8 #54b6cf #6abfd5 #81c9db #97d3e2 #aedce8 #c4e6ee #dbeff5 #f1f9fb

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#9f442d Analogous#2d9f7d Analogous#2d4f9f Triadic#9f2d88 Triadic#889f2d Split complementary#9f2d4f Split complementary#9f7d2d

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 72, 14, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2d889f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

72 14 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

70 17 4 44

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 #2d889f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2d889f; }
.text { color: #2d889f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2d889f; }

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 #2d889f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2d889f 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 #2d889f 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 #2d889f 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 #2d889f is computed, not guessed. 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.