Light cyan

#def3ea

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

This is Light cyan, a soft green at 154 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 #def3ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#def3ea

RGB222, 243, 234

HSL154, 47%, 91%

HSV154, 9%, 95%

CMYK9%, 0%, 4%, 5%

Lab94.13, -8.53, 1.97

XYZ77.03, 85.57, 90.3

Decimal14611434

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone628 C

Shades of light cyan

#bee7d6 #9edcc1 #7ed0ad #5fc599 #42b684 #36966d #2b7656 #1f563f #143627 #081610

Tints of light cyan

#e0f4eb #e2f4ed #e4f5ee #e6f6ef #e8f7f0 #eaf7f2 #ecf8f3 #eef9f4 #f0faf5 #f2faf7

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#f3dee7 Analogous#def3e0 Analogous#def2f3 Triadic#eadef3 Triadic#f3eade Split complementary#f3def2 Split complementary#f3e0de

Light cyan in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 9, 0, 4, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #def3ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 0 4 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 4 8 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light cyan in css

Copy #def3ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #def3ea; }
.text { color: #def3ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #def3ea; }

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 #def3ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #def3ea 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 #def3ea 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 #def3ea 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 #def3ea are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.