Dark cyan

#00979e

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. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Dark cyan color values

Every conversion for #00979e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#00979e

RGB0, 151, 158

HSL183, 100%, 31%

HSV183, 100%, 62%

CMYK100%, 4%, 0%, 38%

Lab56.69, -30.28, -13.22

XYZ17.24, 24.6, 36.19

Decimal38814

Web safe#009999

Pantone320 C

Shades of dark cyan

#008b91 #007f85 #007278 #00666b #005a5e #004e52 #004245 #003638 #00292b #001d1f

Tints of dark cyan

#00b7bf #00d7e1 #03f4ff #25f5ff #46f7ff #67f8ff #89faff #aafbff #ccfdff #edfeff

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#9e0700 Analogous#009e56 Analogous#00489e Triadic#9e0097 Triadic#979e00 Split complementary#9e0048 Split complementary#9e5600

Dark cyan in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 100, 4, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #00979e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 4 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 8 4 44

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 #00979e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #00979e; }
.text { color: #00979e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #00979e; }

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 #00979e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #00979e 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 #00979e 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 #00979e 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 #00979e 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.