Light cyan

#d9faec

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 airy. 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 #d9faec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d9faec

RGB217, 250, 236

HSL155, 77%, 92%

HSV155, 13%, 98%

CMYK13%, 0%, 6%, 2%

Lab95.66, -13.27, 3.12

XYZ77.94, 89.18, 92.46

Decimal14285548

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone317 C

Shades of light cyan

#b2f5d9 #8cf0c5 #65ebb2 #3fe69f #1ddc8b #18b573 #138f5a #0e6842 #094229 #041b11

Tints of light cyan

#e0fbef #e4fbf2 #ebfcf5

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#fad9e7 Analogous#d9fadc Analogous#d9f8fa Triadic#ecd9fa Triadic#faecd9 Split complementary#fad9f8 Split complementary#fadcd9

Light cyan in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 13, 0, 6, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d9faec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 0 6 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 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 #d9faec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d9faec; }
.text { color: #d9faec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d9faec; }

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 #d9faec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d9faec 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 #d9faec 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 #d9faec 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #d9faec 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 uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.