Light cyan

#ceeffa

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

Light cyan is a pale blue that reads airy. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light cyan color values

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

Hex#ceeffa

RGB206, 239, 250

HSL195, 81%, 89%

HSV195, 18%, 98%

CMYK18%, 4%, 0%, 2%

Lab92.47, -8.44, -8.9

XYZ73.58, 81.76, 102.35

Decimal13561850

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light cyan

#a7e2f6 #81d6f2 #5ac9ee #34bdea #17abdd #138db6 #0f6f90 #0b5169 #073342 #03161c

Tints of light cyan

#d8f2fb #e2f5fc #ecf9fd

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#fad9ce Analogous#cefaef Analogous#ced9fa Triadic#faceef Triadic#efface Split complementary#faced9 Split complementary#faefce

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, 2.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 4 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 8 4 8

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 #ceeffa straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ceeffa 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 #ceeffa 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 #ceeffa 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 #ceeffa is computed, not guessed. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.