Dark cyan

#308b8e

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 soft. 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 #308b8e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#308b8e

RGB48, 139, 142

HSL182, 49%, 37%

HSV182, 66%, 56%

CMYK66%, 2%, 0%, 44%

Lab53.0, -25.22, -9.48

XYZ15.33, 21.05, 28.85

Decimal3181454

Web safe#339999

Pantone321 C

Shades of dark cyan

#2c7f82 #287476 #24686a #205c5e #1c5152 #184547 #14393b #102e2f #0c2223 #081617

Tints of dark cyan

#38a1a5 #3fb7bb #54c1c5 #6acacd #81d2d4 #97dadc #aee2e4 #c4eaeb #dbf2f3 #f2fafa

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#8e3330 Analogous#308e62 Analogous#305c8e Triadic#8e308b Triadic#8b8e30 Split complementary#8e305c Split complementary#8e6230

Dark cyan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 66, 2, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #308b8e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 2 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 6 4 50

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 #308b8e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #308b8e; }
.text { color: #308b8e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #308b8e; }

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 #308b8e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #308b8e 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 #308b8e 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 #308b8e 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 #308b8e are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.