Dark cyan

#40928e

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 177 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 #40928e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#40928e

RGB64, 146, 142

HSL177, 39%, 41%

HSV177, 56%, 57%

CMYK56%, 0%, 3%, 43%

Lab55.69, -25.76, -5.43

XYZ17.28, 23.6, 29.24

Decimal4231822

Web safe#339999

Pantone327 C

Shades of dark cyan

#3b8682 #357976 #306d6a #2a605d #255451 #1f4745 #1a3b39 #142e2d #0f2221 #091515

Tints of dark cyan

#49a6a1 #56b5b0 #69bdb9 #7dc6c2 #91cfcc #a4d7d5 #b8e0de #cbe8e7 #dff1f0 #f3faf9

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#924044 Analogous#409265 Analogous#406d92 Triadic#8e4092 Triadic#928e40 Split complementary#92406d Split complementary#926540

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 56, 0, 3, 43.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #40928e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

56 0 3 43

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 4 7 49

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 #40928e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #40928e; }
.text { color: #40928e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #40928e; }

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 #40928e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #40928e 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 #40928e 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 #40928e 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 #40928e are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.