Dark cyan

#2c8a7f

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 soft. 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 #2c8a7f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2c8a7f

RGB44, 138, 127

HSL173, 52%, 36%

HSV173, 68%, 54%

CMYK68%, 0%, 8%, 46%

Lab52.11, -29.8, -2.11

XYZ13.96, 20.24, 23.25

Decimal2919039

Web safe#339966

Pantone327 C

Shades of dark cyan

#287f74 #25736a #21685f #1d5c55 #1a514a #164540 #123a35 #0f2e2a #0b2320 #071715

Tints of dark cyan

#33a295 #3bb9aa #4dc6b8 #64cec1 #7cd5cb #93ddd4 #abe4dd #c2ece7 #daf3f0 #f1fbfa

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#8a2c37 Analogous#2c8a50 Analogous#2c668a Triadic#7f2c8a Triadic#8a7f2c Split complementary#8a2c66 Split complementary#8a502c

Dark cyan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 68, 0, 8, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2c8a7f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

68 0 8 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

67 4 11 52

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 #2c8a7f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2c8a7f; }
.text { color: #2c8a7f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2c8a7f; }

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 #2c8a7f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2c8a7f 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 #2c8a7f 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 #2c8a7f 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 #2c8a7f 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. 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.