Light cyan

#ddf1ea

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

Light cyan sits in the green range, pale and soft. 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 #ddf1ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ddf1ea

RGB221, 241, 234

HSL159, 42%, 91%

HSV159, 8%, 95%

CMYK8%, 0%, 3%, 5%

Lab93.55, -7.85, 1.12

XYZ76.13, 84.22, 90.09

Decimal14545386

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone628 C

Shades of light cyan

#bee4d7 #a0d8c4 #81cbb1 #63bf9f #48ae8b #3b9072 #2f715a #225342 #163429 #091611

Tints of light cyan

#e6f5ef #eaf6f2 #f0f9f6

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#f1dde4 Analogous#ddf1e0 Analogous#ddeef1 Triadic#eaddf1 Triadic#f1eadd Split complementary#f1ddee Split complementary#f1e0dd

Light cyan in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 8, 0, 3, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ddf1ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 0 3 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 4 7 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light cyan in css

Copy #ddf1ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ddf1ea; }
.text { color: #ddf1ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ddf1ea; }

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 #ddf1ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ddf1ea 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 #ddf1ea 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 #ddf1ea 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 #ddf1ea is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.