Light cyan

#cceef8

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

Light cyan lands where green meets blue, pale and strong. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light cyan color values

Every conversion for #cceef8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cceef8

RGB204, 238, 248

HSL194, 76%, 89%

HSV194, 18%, 97%

CMYK18%, 4%, 0%, 3%

Lab92.03, -8.95, -8.53

XYZ72.42, 80.76, 100.58

Decimal13430520

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light cyan

#a7e2f3 #82d5ee #5dc9e9 #38bde4 #1dabd4 #188daf #136f8a #0e5165 #093340 #04161b

Tints of light cyan

#d7f2f9 #def4fa #e5f6fb #ecf9fc

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#f8d6cc Analogous#ccf8ec Analogous#ccd8f8 Triadic#f8ccee Triadic#eef8cc Split complementary#f8ccd8 Split complementary#f8eccc

Light cyan in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 18, 4, 0, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cceef8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 4 0 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 8 4 9

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #cceef8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cceef8; }
.text { color: #cceef8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cceef8; }

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 #cceef8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cceef8 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 #cceef8 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 #cceef8 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

The figures for #cceef8 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.