Light cyan

#cef3f3

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. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light cyan color values

Every conversion for #cef3f3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cef3f3

RGB206, 243, 243

HSL180, 61%, 88%

HSV180, 15%, 95%

CMYK15%, 0%, 0%, 5%

Lab93.32, -11.88, -4.01

XYZ73.68, 83.69, 97.07

Decimal13562867

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone635 C

Shades of light cyan

#acebeb#8be3e3#69dada#48d2d2#2fc1c1#279f9f#1f7d7d#165c5c#0e3a3a#061919

Tints of light cyan

#d8f6f6#dff7f7#e6f9f9#edfbfb#f1fbfb

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#f3ceceAnalogous#cef3e1Analogous#cee0f3Triadic#f3cef3Triadic#f3f3ceSplit complementary#f3cee1Split complementary#f3e1ce

Light cyan in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 15, 0, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cef3f3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 0 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 4 4 11

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 #cef3f3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cef3f3; }
.text { color: #cef3f3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cef3f3; }

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 #cef3f3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cef3f3 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 #cef3f3 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 #cef3f3 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 #cef3f3 are worked out. 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.