Dark cyan

#40848a

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 185 degrees. 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 #40848a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#40848a

RGB64, 132, 138

HSL185, 37%, 40%

HSV185, 54%, 54%

CMYK54%, 4%, 0%, 46%

Lab51.18, -19.67, -9.83

XYZ14.95, 19.43, 27.01

Decimal4228234

Web safe#339999

Pantone3145 C

Shades of dark cyan

#3b797e #356e73 #306267 #2a575b #254c4f #1f4144 #1a3638 #152a2c #0f1f21 #0a1415

Tints of dark cyan

#49979e #54a8b0 #68b2b9 #7cbcc2 #90c7cb #a4d1d5 #b7dbde #cbe5e7 #dfeff0 #f3f9f9

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#8a4640 Analogous#408a6b Analogous#405f8a Triadic#8a4084 Triadic#848a40 Split complementary#8a405f Split complementary#8a6b40

Dark cyan in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 54, 4, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #40848a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

54 4 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

54 8 4 52

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 #40848a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #40848a; }
.text { color: #40848a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #40848a; }

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 #40848a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #40848a 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 #40848a 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 #40848a 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 #40848a are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.