Dark cyan

#008c9a

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 vivid. 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 #008c9a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#008c9a

RGB0, 140, 154

HSL185, 100%, 30%

HSV185, 100%, 60%

CMYK100%, 9%, 0%, 40%

Lab53.05, -26.16, -16.43

XYZ15.21, 21.09, 33.84

Decimal35994

Web safe#009999

Pantone3145 C

Shades of dark cyan

#00818e #007681 #006a75 #005f69 #00545c #004950 #003d44 #003237 #00272b #001c1f

Tints of dark cyan

#00abbc #00c9de #00e8ff #22ebff #44eeff #66f1ff #88f4ff #aaf7ff #cbfaff #edfdff

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#9a0e00 Analogous#009a5b Analogous#003f9a Triadic#9a008c Triadic#8c9a00 Split complementary#9a003f Split complementary#9a5b00

Dark cyan in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 100, 9, 0, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #008c9a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 9 0 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 12 4 46

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #008c9a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #008c9a; }
.text { color: #008c9a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #008c9a; }

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 #008c9a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #008c9a 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 #008c9a 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 #008c9a 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

The figures for #008c9a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.