Dark cyan

#4f9480

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 163 degrees. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Dark cyan color values

Every conversion for #4f9480, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4f9480

RGB79, 148, 128

HSL163, 30%, 45%

HSV163, 47%, 58%

CMYK47%, 0%, 14%, 42%

Lab56.49, -26.86, 3.83

XYZ17.71, 24.4, 24.2

Decimal5215360

Web safe#669999

Pantone3285 C

Shades of dark cyan

#488775 #417a6a #3a6e5f #346154 #2d5449 #26473e #1f3a32 #182e27 #11211c #0b1411

Tints of dark cyan

#58a58f #69af9b #7ab8a6 #8cc1b2 #9dcbbd #aed4c9 #c0ddd5 #d1e6e0 #e2f0ec #f3f9f7

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#944f63 Analogous#4f945d Analogous#4f8694 Triadic#804f94 Triadic#94804f Split complementary#944f86 Split complementary#945d4f

Dark cyan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 47, 0, 14, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4f9480 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

47 0 14 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

47 4 17 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 #4f9480 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4f9480; }
.text { color: #4f9480; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4f9480; }

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 #4f9480 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4f9480 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 #4f9480 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 #4f9480 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 #4f9480 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.