Dark cyan

#48867c

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. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Dark cyan color values

Every conversion for #48867c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#48867c

RGB72, 134, 124

HSL170, 30%, 40%

HSV170, 46%, 53%

CMYK46%, 0%, 7%, 47%

Lab51.7, -22.62, -0.85

XYZ14.84, 19.88, 22.12

Decimal4753020

Web safe#339966

Pantone327 C

Shades of dark cyan

#427b71 #3c6f67 #36645c #2f5852 #294d47 #23423d #1d3632 #172b28 #111f1d #0b1412

Tints of dark cyan

#52998d #5ea99d #71b3a8 #84bdb4 #96c7bf #a9d1ca #bcdbd6 #cee5e1 #e1efed #f3f9f8

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#864852 Analogous#48865d Analogous#487186 Triadic#7c4886 Triadic#867c48 Split complementary#864871 Split complementary#865d48

Dark cyan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 46, 0, 7, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #48867c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

46 0 7 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

46 4 10 53

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 #48867c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #48867c; }
.text { color: #48867c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #48867c; }

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 #48867c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #48867c 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 #48867c 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 #48867c 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #48867c are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.