Dark cyan

#388f8a

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. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Dark cyan color values

Every conversion for #388f8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#388f8a

RGB56, 143, 138

HSL177, 44%, 39%

HSV177, 61%, 56%

CMYK61%, 0%, 3%, 44%

Lab54.37, -26.99, -5.11

XYZ16.04, 22.32, 27.51

Decimal3706762

Web safe#339999

Pantone327 C

Shades of dark cyan

#33837e #2f7773 #2a6b67 #255f5b #205250 #1c4644 #173a38 #122e2d #0d2221 #091615

Tints of dark cyan

#40a49e #4ab8b2 #5fc0bb #74c8c4 #89d1cd #9ed9d6 #b3e1df #c8e9e8 #ddf2f1 #f2fafa

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#8f383d Analogous#388f5f Analogous#38688f Triadic#8a388f Triadic#8f8a38 Split complementary#8f3868 Split complementary#8f5f38

Dark cyan in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 61, 0, 3, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #388f8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 0 3 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 4 7 50

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 #388f8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #388f8a; }
.text { color: #388f8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #388f8a; }

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 #388f8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #388f8a 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 #388f8a 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 #388f8a 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

Every value on this page for #388f8a is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.