Dark cyan

#38957e

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. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Dark cyan color values

Every conversion for #38957e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#38957e

RGB56, 149, 126

HSL165, 45%, 40%

HSV165, 62%, 58%

CMYK62%, 0%, 15%, 42%

Lab55.93, -33.14, 4.07

XYZ16.14, 23.84, 23.49

Decimal3708286

Web safe#339966

Pantone3278 C

Shades of dark cyan

#338873 #2e7c69 #2a6f5e #256253 #205648 #1b493e #173c33 #123028 #0d231e #081613

Tints of dark cyan

#40aa90 #4bbba0 #60c3ab #75cbb6 #8ad3c1 #9fdbcc #b3e3d7 #c8eae2 #ddf2ed #f2faf8

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#95384f Analogous#389550 Analogous#387d95 Triadic#7e3895 Triadic#957e38 Split complementary#95387d Split complementary#955038

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 62, 0, 15, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #38957e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

62 0 15 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

61 4 18 48

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 #38957e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #38957e; }
.text { color: #38957e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #38957e; }

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 #38957e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #38957e 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 #38957e 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 #38957e 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

The figures for #38957e 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. 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.