Dark Cyan color (#008B8B)
Dark Cyan is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword darkcyan
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #008B8B, which is rgb(0, 139, 139) in RGB.
It is a medium, moderately saturated cool color with a hue angle of 180° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 58% in OKLCH. On a dark cyan background, black text gives the higher contrast at 5.06:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Dark Cyan color codes
| CSS name | darkcyan |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #008B8B |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #008B8BFF |
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| RGB | rgb(0, 139, 139) |
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| HSL | hsl(180, 100%, 27%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(180, 100%, 55%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(57.7% 0.0984 194.8) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(100%, 0%, 0%, 45.5%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for dark cyan used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of dark cyan
Tints mix dark cyan with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
Shades
Colors that go with dark cyan
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Dark Cyan with color blindness
Approximately how dark cyan appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using dark cyan in CSS
.element {
color: darkcyan;
background-color: #008b8b;
border-color: rgb(0 139 139 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(57.7% 0.0984 194.8);
}Similar named colors
See all shades of cyan or browse every CSS color name.