Dark cyan

#3a8a8a

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, rich 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 #3a8a8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3a8a8a

RGB58, 138, 138

HSL180, 41%, 38%

HSV180, 58%, 54%

CMYK58%, 0%, 0%, 46%

Lab52.85, -24.07, -7.35

XYZ15.42, 20.91, 27.27

Decimal3836554

Web safe#339999

Pantone321 C

Shades of dark cyan

#357e7e #307373 #2b6767 #265b5b #225050 #1d4444 #183838 #132d2d #0e2121 #091616

Tints of dark cyan

#439f9f #4cb4b4 #60bcbc #75c5c5 #8acece #9fd7d7 #b4dfdf #c9e8e8 #def1f1 #f2fafa

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#8a3a3a Analogous#3a8a62 Analogous#3a628a Triadic#8a3a8a Triadic#8a8a3a Split complementary#8a3a62 Split complementary#8a623a

Dark cyan in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 58, 0, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3a8a8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 0 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 4 4 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 #3a8a8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3a8a8a; }
.text { color: #3a8a8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3a8a8a; }

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 #3a8a8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3a8a8a 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 #3a8a8a 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 #3a8a8a 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 #3a8a8a are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.