Light cyan

#cfe5e0

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, light and soft. 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 #cfe5e0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cfe5e0

RGB207, 229, 224

HSL166, 30%, 85%

HSV166, 10%, 90%

CMYK10%, 0%, 2%, 10%

Lab89.25, -8.2, -0.06

XYZ67.21, 74.69, 81.39

Decimal13624800

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone628 C

Shades of light cyan

#b5d7cf #9ac9be #80baad #66ac9c #529788 #447d70 #356358 #274841 #192e29 #0b1412

Tints of light cyan

#d3e7e2 #d6e9e5 #daebe7 #deede9 #e1efec #e5f1ee #e8f3f0 #ecf5f3 #f0f7f5 #f3f9f8

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#e5cfd4 Analogous#cfe5d5 Analogous#cfdfe5 Triadic#e0cfe5 Triadic#e5e0cf Split complementary#e5cfdf Split complementary#e5d5cf

Light cyan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 10, 0, 2, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cfe5e0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 0 2 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 4 6 16

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 #cfe5e0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cfe5e0; }
.text { color: #cfe5e0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cfe5e0; }

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 #cfe5e0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cfe5e0 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 #cfe5e0 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 #cfe5e0 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 #cfe5e0 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.