Complementary
Two colors from opposite sides of the wheel. They make each other look more vivid, which is why the pairing is used for anything that needs to stand out.
Dark cyan
#008B8BDark cyan is the hex color #008B8B, with RGB values 0, 139, 139. It is a CSS color keyword, so browsers render it from the name alone, and its value is fixed by the CSS Color Module.
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#008B8Brgb(0, 139, 139) · hsl(180, 100%, 27%)
Dark cyan color codes
Every value for #008B8B, ready to paste. Click any code to copy it.
| Channel | Decimal | Share | Hex | Octal | Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 0 | 0% | 00 | 0 | 00000000 |
| Green | 139 | 54.51% | 8B | 213 | 10001011 |
| Blue | 139 | 54.51% | 8B | 213 | 10001011 |
The nearest web-safe color is #009999, from the 216-color palette browsers agreed on before displays could be trusted with more.
About dark cyan
The same relationship to teal that darkblue has to navy: identical 180 degree hue, both fully saturated, eleven steps apart in the channels at 139 against 128. It misses AA for body text on white at 4.1 to 1, which teal clears at 4.8.
- Family
- Cyan, 9th lightest of 10 cyans
- Web-safe
- is the nearest
Shades, tints and tones
Every step is generated from #008B8B. Click a swatch to copy its hex.
Shades of dark cyan
A shade is the base color with black mixed in. Shades read as deeper and more dramatic, and they are what you reach for when a color needs to recede or carry weight.
Tints of dark cyan
A tint is the base color with white mixed in. Tints turn pastel as they lighten, which makes them useful for backgrounds and for anything that has to sit behind text.
Tones of dark cyan
A tone is the base color with gray mixed in. Tones lose the shout without losing the hue, and they are usually what separates a considered palette from a loud one.
The dark cyan scale
The same color as the 50 to 950 ladder every CSS framework uses, with #008B8B at 500. Click a step to copy its hex, or take the whole scale as variables for a design system.
Color schemes built on dark cyan
Harmonies are positions on the color wheel rather than matters of taste, which is why they keep working across very different designs.
Analogous
Three neighbors on the wheel. Nothing competes, so the result reads calm and settled, closer to how color behaves in nature.
Split complementary
The base plus the two colors either side of its complement. It keeps most of the contrast while being much easier to balance.
Triadic
Three colors spaced evenly around the wheel. Strong and lively, and usually best with one dominant color and two accents.
Tetradic
Two complementary pairs, forming a rectangle on the wheel. The richest scheme available, and the hardest to keep from shouting.
Monochromatic
One hue at different lightness levels. Effortlessly cohesive, and the safest way to build a palette around a brand color.
Colors close to #008B8B
Near neighbors, for when this color is almost right. Each one shifts hue, saturation or lightness by a small step.
Dark cyan color palettes
Five-color palettes built around #008B8B, each following a different scheme. Click any swatch to copy it, or open the generator to build your own.
Analogous
Complementary
Triadic
Monochromatic
Open the palette generator to lock the colors you like and regenerate the rest.
Contrast and readability
Whether dark cyan works as text, and what to put on top of it when it is the background. Ratios follow WCAG 2.1, where 4.5 is the bar for body text and 3 for large text.
Dark cyan text on white background
4.15:1 · Large text onlyLarge text at 24 pixels
Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.
- Body AA
- Body AAA
- Large AA
- Large AAA
Dark cyan text on black background
5.07:1 · GoodLarge text at 24 pixels
Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.
- Body AA
- Body AAA
- Large AA
- Large AAA
Used the other way round, #008B8B as a background takes #000000 text. That is the higher-contrast of the two, and it is what the tool picks automatically for any chrome sitting on your color.
Dark cyan reads better on a black background of the two. Contrast is a property of the pair, not of one color, so a color that fails here can still be perfectly usable against a different partner.
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The cyan family
Dark cyan sits in the cyan family. Every named cyan in the library, with dark cyan first.
| Swatch | Name | Hex | RGB | HSL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| is a CSS keyword is the color on this page | #008B8B | 0, 139, 139 | 180, 100%, 27% | |
| Cyan is a CSS keyword | #00FFFF | 0, 255, 255 | 180, 100%, 50% | |
| Teal is a CSS keyword | #008080 | 0, 128, 128 | 180, 100%, 25% | |
| Turquoise is a CSS keyword | #40E0D0 | 64, 224, 208 | 174, 72%, 56% | |
| Azure is a CSS keyword | #F0FFFF | 240, 255, 255 | 180, 100%, 97% | |
| Teal blue | #367588 | 54, 117, 136 | 194, 43%, 37% | |
| Aquamarine is a CSS keyword | #7FFFD4 | 127, 255, 212 | 160, 100%, 75% | |
| Cadet blue is a CSS keyword | #5F9EA0 | 95, 158, 160 | 182, 25%, 50% | |
| Dark turquoise is a CSS keyword | #00CED1 | 0, 206, 209 | 181, 100%, 41% | |
| Medium turquoise is a CSS keyword | #48D1CC | 72, 209, 204 | 178, 60%, 55% |