Light cyan

#dbf6ff

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

Light cyan is a pale blue that reads quiet. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light cyan color values

Every conversion for #dbf6ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dbf6ff

RGB219, 246, 255

HSL195, 100%, 93%

HSV195, 14%, 100%

CMYK14%, 4%, 0%, 0%

Lab95.24, -6.97, -7.29

XYZ80.22, 88.19, 107.4

Decimal14415615

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone290 C

Shades of light cyan

#afebff #82e0ff #56d5ff #2acaff #00bdfc #009cd0 #007ba4 #005977 #00384b #00171f

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#ffe4db Analogous#dbfff6 Analogous#dbe4ff Triadic#ffdbf6 Triadic#f6ffdb Split complementary#ffdbe4 Split complementary#fff6db

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, 4, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dbf6ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 4 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 8 4 6

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 #dbf6ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dbf6ff; }
.text { color: #dbf6ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dbf6ff; }

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 #dbf6ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dbf6ff 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 #dbf6ff 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 #dbf6ff 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

Every value on this page for #dbf6ff is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.