Dark cyan

#548a7e

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark cyan, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Dark cyan is a deep teal, rich between blue and green. 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 #548a7e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#548a7e

RGB84, 138, 126

HSL167, 24%, 44%

HSV167, 39%, 54%

CMYK39%, 0%, 9%, 46%

Lab53.57, -20.87, 0.78

XYZ16.51, 21.57, 23.03

Decimal5540478

Web safe#669966

Pantone625 C

Shades of dark cyan

#4d7e73 #467268 #3e665d #375a53 #304f48 #29433d #213732 #1a2b27 #131f1c #0c1311

Tints of dark cyan

#5e9b8d #6ea69a #7eb1a6 #8fbbb1 #a0c5bd #b1cfc9 #c2dad4 #d2e4e0 #e3eeec #f4f8f7

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#8a5460 Analogous#548a63 Analogous#547b8a Triadic#7e548a Triadic#8a7e54 Split complementary#8a547b Split complementary#8a6354

Dark cyan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 39, 0, 9, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #548a7e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

39 0 9 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

40 4 12 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 #548a7e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #548a7e; }
.text { color: #548a7e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #548a7e; }

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 #548a7e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #548a7e 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 #548a7e 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 #548a7e 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

Every value on this page for #548a7e is computed, not guessed. 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.