Light cyan

#cff2e5

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

Light cyan is a pale green that feels quiet. Greens like this connect to growth and calm. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Light cyan color values

Every conversion for #cff2e5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cff2e5

RGB207, 242, 229

HSL158, 57%, 88%

HSV158, 14%, 95%

CMYK14%, 0%, 5%, 5%

Lab92.76, -13.8, 2.46

XYZ71.63, 82.43, 86.26

Decimal13628133

Web safe#ccffcc

Pantone317 C

Shades of light cyan

#aee9d3 #8de0c1 #6cd7af #4bce9e #33bd8a #2a9c72 #217b5a #185a42 #0f392a #071812

Tints of light cyan

#d2f3e7 #d6f4e9 #d9f5eb #ddf6ec #e0f7ee #e3f8f0 #e7f8f2 #eaf9f4 #eefaf6 #f1fbf7

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#f2cfdc Analogous#cff2d4 Analogous#cfedf2 Triadic#e5cff2 Triadic#f2e5cf Split complementary#f2cfed Split complementary#f2d4cf

Light cyan in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 14, 0, 5, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cff2e5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 0 5 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 4 9 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light cyan in css

Copy #cff2e5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cff2e5; }
.text { color: #cff2e5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cff2e5; }

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 #cff2e5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cff2e5 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 #cff2e5 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 #cff2e5 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 #cff2e5 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.