Light cyan

#defeef

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

This is Light cyan, a vivid green at 152 degrees. Greens like this connect to growth and calm. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Light cyan color values

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

Hex#defeef

RGB222, 254, 239

HSL152, 94%, 93%

HSV152, 13%, 100%

CMYK13%, 0%, 6%, 0%

Lab97.08, -13.1, 3.68

XYZ81.15, 92.65, 95.27

Decimal14614255

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone317 C

Shades of light cyan

#b3fdda #88fbc5 #5cfab0 #31f99b #07f686 #06cb6f #059f57 #04743f #024928 #011e10

Tints of light cyan

#e0fef0 #e1fef1 #e3fef1 #e4fef2 #e6fef3 #e7fef4 #e9fef4 #ebfef5 #ecfef6 #eefef7

Colors that go with light cyan

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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, 0, 6, 0.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 0 6 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 4 10 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light cyan in css

Copy #defeef straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #defeef 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 #defeef 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 #defeef 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 #defeef is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.