Dark cyan

#4e8b7f

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

Dark cyan color values

Every conversion for #4e8b7f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e8b7f

RGB78, 139, 127

HSL168, 28%, 43%

HSV168, 44%, 55%

CMYK44%, 0%, 9%, 45%

Lab53.62, -22.83, 0.24

XYZ16.21, 21.62, 23.4

Decimal5147519

Web safe#669966

Pantone625 C

Shades of dark cyan

#477f74 #417369 #3a675e #335b53 #2c4f48 #26433e #1f3733 #182b28 #12201d #0b1412

Tints of dark cyan

#589d8f #67a99c #78b3a8 #8abdb3 #9bc7bf #add1ca #bfdbd5 #d0e5e1 #e2efec #f4f9f8

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#8b4e5a Analogous#4e8b61 Analogous#4e798b Triadic#7f4e8b Triadic#8b7f4e Split complementary#8b4e79 Split complementary#8b614e

Dark cyan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 44, 0, 9, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e8b7f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

44 0 9 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 4 12 51

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 #4e8b7f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e8b7f; }
.text { color: #4e8b7f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e8b7f; }

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 #4e8b7f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e8b7f 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 #4e8b7f 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 #4e8b7f 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 #4e8b7f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.