Dark Cyan is calm, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta
| Inverse Color | #ff7474 |
| Complementary Color | #8b0000 |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (180° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 27.25% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Dark Cyan Color. The Hawk Turquoise color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Algiers Blue (#00859c) for more calm effect. Try Tropical Sea as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#8b0000 is the best complementary color to Dark Cyan. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #008b8b complementary color is Red Berry, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Teal are #008b45 and #00458b. Thus found on the left and right of #008b8b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fun Green and Congress Blue colors as they work well with Dark Cyan.
The split-complementary Dark Cyan palette consists of #8b4500 and #8b0045 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8b0000). Try Brown and Siren colors in combination with #008b8b, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #008b8b offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Dark Cyan. Thus Olive and Fresh Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Dark Cyan contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Red Berry, Pigment Indigo, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #008b8b square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Dark Cyan tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#8b0000) and two others. The Fresh Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Japanese Laurel – 120° from the complementary Red Berry. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8b008a and #008b00.
In a RGB color space, hex #008b8b is made of 0% red, 50% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Dark Cyan has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 27.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #008b8b is made of 54.51% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.49% black ink.
| HEX | #008b8b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(0,139,139) |
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 50%, 50% |
| CMYK | 54.51, 0, 0, 45.49 |
| HSL | hsl(180,100%,27.25%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(180,100%,54.51%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(52.2075,-30.6152,-9.0026) |
| XYZ | xyz(13.8928,20.3293,27.6178) |