Light cyan

#cbe4dd

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 163 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 #cbe4dd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cbe4dd

RGB203, 228, 221

HSL163, 32%, 85%

HSV163, 11%, 89%

CMYK11%, 0%, 3%, 11%

Lab88.64, -9.56, 0.6

XYZ65.42, 73.4, 79.13

Decimal13362397

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone628 C

Shades of light cyan

#b1d6cc #96c9bb #7cbba9 #62ad98 #4f9883 #417e6d #346356 #26493f #182e28 #0a1411

Tints of light cyan

#cfe6e0 #d3e8e2 #d7eae5 #dbece8 #dfeeea #e3f1ed #e7f3ef #ebf5f2 #eff7f5 #f3f9f7

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#e4cbd2 Analogous#cbe4d1 Analogous#cbdfe4 Triadic#ddcbe4 Triadic#e4ddcb Split complementary#e4cbdf Split complementary#e4d1cb

Light cyan in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 11, 0, 3, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cbe4dd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 0 3 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 4 7 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light cyan in css

Copy #cbe4dd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cbe4dd; }
.text { color: #cbe4dd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cbe4dd; }

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 #cbe4dd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbe4dd 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 #cbe4dd 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 #cbe4dd 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 #cbe4dd are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.