Light cyan

#c1d5cd

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light cyan, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Light cyan, a muted green at 156 degrees. Light greens like this signal fresh, natural and wellness. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Light cyan color values

Every conversion for #c1d5cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c1d5cd

RGB193, 213, 205

HSL156, 19%, 80%

HSV156, 9%, 84%

CMYK9%, 0%, 4%, 16%

Lab83.62, -8.22, 1.65

XYZ56.81, 63.33, 66.99

Decimal12703181

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone628 C

Shades of light cyan

#abc6bb #94b7a9 #7ea897 #679885 #588271 #496c5e #3a554a #2b3f37 #1c2923 #0c1210

Tints of light cyan

#c6d8d1 #cbdcd5 #d0dfd9 #d6e3de #dbe6e2 #e0eae6 #e5edea #eaf1ee #eff4f2 #f4f8f6

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#d5c1c9 Analogous#c1d5c3 Analogous#c1d3d5 Triadic#cdc1d5 Triadic#d5cdc1 Split complementary#d5c1d3 Split complementary#d5c3c1

Light cyan in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 9, 0, 4, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c1d5cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 0 4 16

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 4 8 22

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light cyan in css

Copy #c1d5cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c1d5cd; }
.text { color: #c1d5cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c1d5cd; }

How light cyan looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light cyan and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #c1d5cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c1d5cd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light cyan on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #c1d5cd sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light cyan? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light cyan into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #c1d5cd and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light cyan, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #c1d5cd are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.