Dark cyan

#199a9c

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

Dark cyan lands where green meets blue, deep and strong. 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 #199a9c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#199a9c

RGB25, 154, 156

HSL181, 72%, 35%

HSV181, 84%, 61%

CMYK84%, 1%, 0%, 39%

Lab57.77, -31.06, -10.43

XYZ17.96, 25.72, 35.47

Decimal1677980

Web safe#009999

Pantone320 C

Shades of dark cyan

#178d8f #158082 #137475 #116768 #0f5a5b #0d4d4e #0a4041 #083434 #062727 #041a1a

Tints of dark cyan

#1db4b7 #22cfd2 #34dcde #4fe0e3 #6ae5e7 #84eaeb #9feef0 #baf3f4 #d5f8f8 #f0fcfd

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#9c1b19 Analogous#199c5d Analogous#19589c Triadic#9c199a Triadic#9a9c19 Split complementary#9c1958 Split complementary#9c5d19

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 84, 1, 0, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #199a9c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

84 1 0 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

81 5 4 45

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #199a9c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #199a9c; }
.text { color: #199a9c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #199a9c; }

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 #199a9c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #199a9c 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 #199a9c 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 #199a9c 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 #199a9c is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.