Dark cyan

#2c8a80

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, weighty 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 #2c8a80, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2c8a80

RGB44, 138, 128

HSL174, 52%, 36%

HSV174, 68%, 54%

CMYK68%, 0%, 7%, 46%

Lab52.14, -29.51, -2.64

XYZ14.02, 20.27, 23.6

Decimal2919040

Web safe#339999

Pantone327 C

Shades of dark cyan

#287f75 #25736b #216860 #1d5c55 #1a514b #164540 #123a35 #0f2e2b #0b2320 #071716

Tints of dark cyan

#33a296 #3bb9ac #4dc6b9 #64cec2 #7cd5cc #93ddd5 #abe4de #c2ece7 #daf3f1 #f1fbfa

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#8a2c36 Analogous#2c8a51 Analogous#2c658a Triadic#802c8a Triadic#8a802c Split complementary#8a2c65 Split complementary#8a512c

Dark cyan in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 68, 0, 7, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2c8a80 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

68 0 7 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

67 4 10 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 #2c8a80 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2c8a80; }
.text { color: #2c8a80; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2c8a80; }

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 #2c8a80 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2c8a80 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 #2c8a80 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 #2c8a80 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 #2c8a80 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 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.