Dark cyan

#009aa1

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

Dark cyan color values

Every conversion for #009aa1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#009aa1

RGB0, 154, 161

HSL183, 100%, 32%

HSV183, 100%, 63%

CMYK100%, 4%, 0%, 37%

Lab57.74, -30.76, -13.34

XYZ17.99, 25.68, 37.73

Decimal39585

Web safe#009999

Pantone320 C

Shades of dark cyan

#008e94 #008187 #00757a #00686d #005c60 #004f53 #004346 #003639 #002a2c #001d1f

Tints of dark cyan

#00bac2 #00d9e3 #05f4ff #26f6ff #48f7ff #69f8ff #8afaff #abfbff #ccfdff #edfeff

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#a10700 Analogous#00a158 Analogous#0049a1 Triadic#a1009a Triadic#9aa100 Split complementary#a10049 Split complementary#a15800

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, 4, 0, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #009aa1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 4 0 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 8 4 43

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 #009aa1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #009aa1; }
.text { color: #009aa1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #009aa1; }

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 #009aa1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #009aa1 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 #009aa1 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 #009aa1 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 #009aa1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.