Dark cyan

#3e907f

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 168 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 #3e907f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3e907f

RGB62, 144, 127

HSL168, 40%, 40%

HSV168, 57%, 56%

CMYK57%, 0%, 12%, 44%

Lab54.56, -29.26, 1.53

XYZ15.79, 22.5, 23.59

Decimal4100223

Web safe#339966

Pantone3285 C

Shades of dark cyan

#398474 #337769 #2e6b5f #295f54 #245349 #1e463e #193a33 #142e28 #0e221e #091513

Tints of dark cyan

#47a491 #53b5a0 #67bdab #7bc6b6 #8fcfc1 #a3d7cc #b7e0d7 #cbe8e2 #dff1ed #f3faf8

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#903e4f Analogous#3e9056 Analogous#3e7890 Triadic#7f3e90 Triadic#907f3e Split complementary#903e78 Split complementary#90563e

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 57, 0, 12, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3e907f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

57 0 12 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 4 15 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 #3e907f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3e907f; }
.text { color: #3e907f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3e907f; }

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 #3e907f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3e907f 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 #3e907f 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 #3e907f 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 #3e907f 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.