Dark cyan

#2f8b96

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

This is Dark cyan, a soft teal at 186 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 #2f8b96, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2f8b96

RGB47, 139, 150

HSL186, 52%, 39%

HSV186, 69%, 59%

CMYK69%, 7%, 0%, 41%

Lab53.25, -22.91, -13.75

XYZ15.91, 21.27, 32.12

Decimal3115926

Web safe#339999

Pantone3145 C

Shades of dark cyan

#2b7f89 #27747d #236870 #1f5c63 #1b5057 #17454a #13393d #0f2d31 #0b2124 #071617

Tints of dark cyan

#36a0ac #3eb4c2 #54bdc9 #6bc6d0 #81ced8 #98d7df #aee0e6 #c4e8ed #dbf1f4 #f1fafb

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#963a2f Analogous#2f966e Analogous#2f5796 Triadic#962f8b Triadic#8b962f Split complementary#962f57 Split complementary#966e2f

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 69, 7, 0, 41.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2f8b96 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

69 7 0 41

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

67 10 4 47

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 #2f8b96 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2f8b96; }
.text { color: #2f8b96; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2f8b96; }

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 #2f8b96 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2f8b96 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 #2f8b96 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 #2f8b96 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #2f8b96 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.