Light cyan

#c9e2d8

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

Light cyan sits in the green range, light and soft. 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 #c9e2d8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c9e2d8

RGB201, 226, 216

HSL156, 30%, 84%

HSV156, 11%, 89%

CMYK11%, 0%, 4%, 11%

Lab87.86, -10.15, 2.07

XYZ63.68, 71.77, 75.46

Decimal13230808

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone573 C

Shades of light cyan

#afd4c5 #95c6b3 #7cb8a0 #62ab8d #509579 #427b64 #34614f #26473a #192e25 #0b1410

Tints of light cyan

#d1e7de #daebe4 #e2f0ea #ebf4f0 #eff6f4

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#e2c9d3 Analogous#c9e2cb Analogous#c9dfe2 Triadic#d8c9e2 Triadic#e2d8c9 Split complementary#e2c9e0 Split complementary#e2cbc9

Light cyan in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 11, 0, 4, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c9e2d8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 0 4 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 4 8 17

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light cyan in css

Copy #c9e2d8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c9e2d8; }
.text { color: #c9e2d8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c9e2d8; }

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 #c9e2d8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c9e2d8 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light cyan on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #c9e2d8 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light cyan into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #c9e2d8 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

Every value on this page for #c9e2d8 is computed, not guessed. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.