Dark cyan

#4a8f8f

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark cyan, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Dark cyan, a soft teal at 180 degrees. 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 #4a8f8f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4a8f8f

RGB74, 143, 143

HSL180, 32%, 43%

HSV180, 48%, 56%

CMYK48%, 0%, 0%, 44%

Lab55.16, -21.71, -6.75

XYZ17.6, 23.08, 29.51

Decimal4886415

Web safe#339999

Pantone5483 C

Shades of dark cyan

#448383 #3d7676 #376a6a #315e5e #2a5252 #244545 #1e3939 #172d2d #112020 #0a1414

Tints of dark cyan

#53a1a1 #62aeae #74b7b7 #86c1c1 #99caca #abd3d3 #bddddd #cfe6e6 #e1f0f0 #f3f9f9

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#8f4a4a Analogous#4a8f6d Analogous#4a6c8f Triadic#8f4a8f Triadic#8f8f4a Split complementary#8f4a6d Split complementary#8f6d4a

Dark cyan in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 48, 0, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4a8f8f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 0 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 4 4 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 #4a8f8f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4a8f8f; }
.text { color: #4a8f8f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4a8f8f; }

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 #4a8f8f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4a8f8f 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 #4a8f8f 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 #4a8f8f 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 #4a8f8f are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.