CMYK Color

The color Dark blue is often represented by the code CMYK(78 78 0 22) which in a general sense, marks the composition proportions of primary colors. Using this code, we should be able to mix Cyan, Magenta, Blue and Black pgiments to get the same color depicted here. It is important to understand, that in practice, there is more than one way to mix pigments for Dark blue color using 4 color process. That is because CMYK colors don't really have a strict cross reference chart with names attributed to each shade variation. Some CMYK colors are named by various manufacturers and most CMYK color names that we pass around are designated by the general public. That's why we also suggest you to lookup these other two CMYK color candidates for Dark blue color here(1) and here(2) to see which one works better for you.

CMYK Color

Color name:Dark blue
CMYK (%):78% 78% 0% 22%
CMYK (dec):0.7765, 0.7765, 0.0000, 0.2235
rgb:0, 0, 198
hex:#0000C6 Details Here
hsv:240.0000, 1.0000, 0.7765
xyz:0.1019, 0.0408, 0.5367
lab:23.9225, 65.4585, -89.1535
lch:23.9225, 110.6036, 306.2869
CMYK Color: Cyan 78 Magenta 78 Yellow 0 Black 22 CMYK name: Dark blue
The image above depicts CMYK color sample that constitutes these base colors: Cyan 78 Magenta 78 Yellow 0 Black 22. Click to enlarge.
The underlying composition of this CMYK color

CMYK Composition build for Dark blue (preview)
CMYK Build for Dark blue color (Click to edit)