Dark cyan

#34998f

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 174 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 #34998f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#34998f
RGB52, 153, 143
HSL174, 49%, 40%
HSV174, 66%, 60%
CMYK66%, 0%, 7%, 40%
Lab57.56, -31.17, -3.28
XYZ17.77, 25.5, 29.97
Decimal3447183
Web safe#339999
Pantone3285 C
Pantone3285 CHex#34998fRgb52 153 143Cmyk66 0 7 40Lab58 -31 -3Darker#102e2bDeep#22645dLighter#56beb4

Shades of dark cyan

Tints of dark cyan

Colors that go with dark cyan

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 66, 0, 7, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #34998f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
66 0 7 40
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
65 4 10 46
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 #34998f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #34998f; }
.text { color: #34998f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #34998f; }

How dark cyan looks on light and dark

Dark cyan and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #34998f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.44:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
6.10:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #34998f 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 #34998f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #34998f and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #34998f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.