Light cyan

#d3faec

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. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Light cyan color values

Every conversion for #d3faec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d3faec

RGB211, 250, 236

HSL158, 80%, 90%

HSV158, 16%, 98%

CMYK16%, 0%, 6%, 2%

Lab95.28, -15.17, 2.52

XYZ76.19, 88.28, 92.38

Decimal13892332

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone317 C

Shades of light cyan

#acf6db #86f1cb #5fedba #38e8a9 #19dd96 #15b67c #108f62 #0c6947 #08422d #031b13

Tints of light cyan

#dbfbf0 #e1fcf2 #e7fcf4 #ecfdf7

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#fad3e1 Analogous#d3fad8 Analogous#d3f4fa Triadic#ecd3fa Triadic#faecd3 Split complementary#fad3f5 Split complementary#fad8d3

Light cyan in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 16, 0, 6, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d3faec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 0 6 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 4 10 8

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 #d3faec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d3faec; }
.text { color: #d3faec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d3faec; }

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 #d3faec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d3faec 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 #d3faec 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 #d3faec 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 #d3faec are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.