Dark cyan

#20959e

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, serious 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 #20959e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#20959e

RGB32, 149, 158

HSL184, 66%, 37%

HSV184, 80%, 62%

CMYK80%, 6%, 0%, 38%

Lab56.36, -27.36, -13.68

XYZ17.51, 24.27, 36.11

Decimal2135454

Web safe#339999

Pantone3135 C

Shades of dark cyan

#1d8891 #1b7c83 #186f76 #156369 #13565c #104a4e #0d3d41 #0b3134 #082427 #051819

Tints of dark cyan

#25adb7 #2ac4d0 #40ced8 #59d4dd #73dbe3 #8ce1e8 #a5e8ed #beeef2 #d7f5f7 #f0fbfc

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#9e2920 Analogous#209e68 Analogous#20569e Triadic#9e2095 Triadic#959e20 Split complementary#9e2056 Split complementary#9e6820

Dark cyan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 80, 6, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #20959e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

80 6 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

78 10 4 44

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 #20959e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #20959e; }
.text { color: #20959e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #20959e; }

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 #20959e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #20959e 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 #20959e 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 #20959e 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 #20959e are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.