Light cyan

#caefe5

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

This is Light cyan, a soft teal at 164 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light cyan color values

Every conversion for #caefe5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#caefe5

RGB202, 239, 229

HSL164, 54%, 86%

HSV164, 15%, 94%

CMYK15%, 0%, 4%, 6%

Lab91.66, -13.89, 0.82

XYZ69.37, 79.95, 85.9

Decimal13299685

Web safe#ccffcc

Pantone317 C

Shades of light cyan

#aae5d6 #8bdcc6 #6bd2b7 #4cc9a7 #37b593 #2d9679 #247660 #1a5746 #11372d #071813

Tints of light cyan

#d2f1e9 #daf4ed #e2f6f1 #e9f8f4 #f1fbf8

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#efcad4 Analogous#caefd3 Analogous#cae7ef Triadic#e5caef Triadic#efe5ca Split complementary#efcae7 Split complementary#efd3ca

Light cyan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 15, 0, 4, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #caefe5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 0 4 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 4 8 12

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 #caefe5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #caefe5; }
.text { color: #caefe5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #caefe5; }

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 #caefe5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #caefe5 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 #caefe5 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 #caefe5 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 #caefe5 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.