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Dark Cyan

Ohuhu Maui Teal & Aqua cool

Ohuhu Maui 81 Dark Cyan is a dark vivid blue water-based marker in the Teal & Aqua family. It sits in the darker value range, making it well-suited for night sky, deep water, dark denim. Cool undertones make it well-suited to shadows, skies, and atmospheric depth.

Teal & Aqua family Cool temperature 34% lightness
Night skyDeep waterDark denimDeep seaDark cool shadows
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
Dark Cyan
Color Family
Teal & Aqua
Temperature
Cool
Lightness
34%
Saturation
98%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Suggested Blend Ladder

Computed lighter and darker shades from the displayed swatches. Test them on your paper before blending.

Shadow Side
91
Vivid Sky Blue Perceptual L52%
88
Vivid Sky Blue Perceptual L52%
Current Marker
81
Dark Cyan Perceptual L53%
Highlight Side
76
Vivid Sky Blue Perceptual L57%
86
Vivid Sky Blue Perceptual L59%

Works Well With

Highlights
19
Muted Cyan
+12 lightness
77
Vivid Teal
+14 lightness
78
Vivid Cyan
+16 lightness
82
Vivid Cyan
+16 lightness
Shadows
68
Deep Teal
-19 lightness
Analogous Colors
71
Dark Teal
15° hue shift
60
Dark Teal
16° hue shift
88
Vivid Sky Blue
16° hue shift
74
Dark Teal
17° hue shift
Complementary Accent

Opposite on the color wheel. Useful for contrast, focal points, and making warm colors stand out.

39
Vivid Vermilion
opposite hue
57
Vivid Vermilion
opposite hue
42
Vivid Vermilion
opposite hue
24
Vivid Vermilion
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where 81 fits the color story by mood and hue.

🔦 Crime Scene
Yellow tape. Concrete. Someone left in a hurry.
Cinematic
🌊 Ferry Window Ride
Foggy teal water past a smudged window; the city behind you fading into mauve.
Emotional
🐠 Aquarium Glow
Deep blue tank. Teal light column. Something moves in dark.
Lighting
🔦 Spotlight
Stage hot-spot punching through from the wings; the rest of the room forgets it exists.
Lighting
🌃 Streetlamp
Sodium-orange pool on wet asphalt; everything past the curb gives up.
Lighting
🏮 Winter Lantern
Paper lantern carried across blue snow at dusk; an amber pool moving through silence the snow keeps eating.
Seasonal
🎞 Tungsten Portrait
3200K key from camera-left; north-window blue fill; the catch light is the only thing perfectly white.
Lighting
❄ Winter Solstice Indoors
4pm already dark outside; cold blue window light against amber interior — longest night, shortest shadow.
Seasonal

Similar Colors in Teal & Aqua

22
Dark Cyan
deep blue
#29516C
19
Muted Cyan
mid muted blue
#627988
60
Dark Teal
dark vivid teal
#028D96
74
Dark Teal
dark vivid teal
#02AEB8
78
Vivid Cyan
mid vivid blue
#02BEFD
79
Dark Teal
dark vivid teal
#01BAB0
82
Vivid Cyan
mid vivid teal
#01C2FE
87
Vivid Cyan
mid vivid blue
#049CFD

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