Light cyan

#daf3fa

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

Light cyan is a pale teal, gentle between blue and green. 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 #daf3fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#daf3fa

RGB218, 243, 250

HSL193, 76%, 92%

HSV193, 13%, 98%

CMYK13%, 3%, 0%, 2%

Lab94.27, -6.76, -6.14

XYZ78.22, 85.91, 102.9

Decimal14349306

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone290 C

Shades of light cyan

#b3e7f5 #8ddaf0 #66ceea #40c1e5 #1eb2dc #1893b5 #13748f #0e5468 #093541 #04161b

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#fae1da Analogous#dafaf1 Analogous#dae3fa Triadic#fadaf3 Triadic#f3fada Split complementary#fadae3 Split complementary#faf1da

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, 3, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #daf3fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 3 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 7 4 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 #daf3fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #daf3fa; }
.text { color: #daf3fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #daf3fa; }

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 #daf3fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #daf3fa 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 #daf3fa 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 #daf3fa 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 #daf3fa 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.