Light cyan

#ddf6ed

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

This is Light cyan, a strong green at 158 degrees. 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 #ddf6ed, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ddf6ed

RGB221, 246, 237

HSL158, 58%, 92%

HSV158, 10%, 96%

CMYK10%, 0%, 4%, 4%

Lab94.91, -9.81, 1.54

XYZ78.06, 87.4, 92.88

Decimal14546669

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone317 C

Shades of light cyan

#baeddb #98e4c8 #75dbb6 #53d1a4 #34c591 #2ba277 #22805e #195d45 #103b2b #061812

Tints of light cyan

#dff7ee #e1f7ef #e3f8f0 #e5f8f1 #e7f9f2 #e9f9f3 #ebfaf4 #edfaf5 #effbf6 #f1fbf8

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#f6dde6 Analogous#ddf6e1 Analogous#ddf3f6 Triadic#edddf6 Triadic#f6eddd Split complementary#f6ddf3 Split complementary#f6e1dd

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 10, 0, 4, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ddf6ed on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 0 4 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 4 8 10

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light cyan in css

Copy #ddf6ed straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ddf6ed; }
.text { color: #ddf6ed; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ddf6ed; }

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 #ddf6ed against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ddf6ed against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light cyan on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ddf6ed 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light cyan into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ddf6ed 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 #ddf6ed are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.