Dark cyan

#238ca0

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 strong. 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 #238ca0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#238ca0

RGB35, 140, 160

HSL190, 64%, 38%

HSV190, 78%, 63%

CMYK78%, 12%, 0%, 37%

Lab53.66, -21.79, -18.93

XYZ16.42, 21.65, 36.57

Decimal2329760

Web safe#339999

Pantone314 C

Shades of dark cyan

#208093 #1d7485 #1a6978 #175d6a #14515d #11454f #0e3942 #0b2e34 #082227 #051619

Tints of dark cyan

#28a1b8 #2eb7d1 #46bfd6 #5ec8dc #76d0e1 #8fd8e6 #a7e1ec #c0e9f1 #d8f2f6 #f0fafc

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#a03723 Analogous#23a076 Analogous#234da0 Triadic#a0238c Triadic#8ca023 Split complementary#a0234d Split complementary#a07623

Dark cyan in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 78, 12, 0, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #238ca0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

78 12 0 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

76 15 4 43

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 #238ca0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #238ca0; }
.text { color: #238ca0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #238ca0; }

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 #238ca0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #238ca0 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 #238ca0 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 #238ca0 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 #238ca0 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.