All About Color Dark Cyan

#008B8B

Dark Cyan is a deep, muted blue-green color, resembling the color of deep cyan waters. It's a calming and soothing color, ideal for creating a serene and tranquil space.

About Dark Cyan

Dark Cyan is a dark cyan color with the hex code #008B8B. In RGB it is red 0, green 139, blue 139; in HSL it is hue 180°, saturation 100%, lightness 27%; in CMYK it is 100%, 0%, 0%, 45%. Its contrast ratio is 4.15:1 on white and 5.07:1 on black.

#008B8B Color Conversion

Hex triplet00, 8B, 8B
CMYK100.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 45.49%
RGB Decimal0, 139, 139
HSL180°, 100%, 27%
RGB Octal0, 213, 213
HSV (HSB)180.00°, 100.00%, 54.51%
RGB Binary0, 10001011, 10001011
CIE-L*AB52.21, -30.62, -9.00
RGB Percent0.00%, 54.51%, 54.51%
CIE-L*CH52.21, 31.91, 196.39
XYZ13.89, 20.33, 27.62
CIE-L*UV52.21, -40.37, -8.71
xyY0.22, 0.33, 20.33
Hunter-Lab45.09, -23.90, -4.76
RYB0.00%, 27.25%, 54.51%

Color Accessibility Scores

#008B8B on a dark background: contrast 5.07:1, passes WCAG AA.
#008B8B on a light background: contrast 4.15:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Dark Cyan, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Dark Cyan. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#008B8B · #00E5E6 · #002E2E · #8A0000 · #E60000

Analogous palette

#008A00 · #008A45 · #008B8B · #00458A · #00008A

Triadic palette

#008B8B · #8A008A · #8A8A00 · #00E5E6 · #E600E5

Tetradic palette

#008B8B · #45008A · #8A0000 · #458A00 · #002E2E

Monochromatic palette

#00191A · #003D3D · #008B8B · #00D6D6 · #24FFFF

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