Light cyan

#c5dfd3

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

Light cyan is a light green that feels soft. Light greens like this signal fresh, natural and wellness. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Light cyan color values

Every conversion for #c5dfd3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c5dfd3

RGB197, 223, 211

HSL152, 29%, 82%

HSV152, 12%, 87%

CMYK12%, 0%, 5%, 13%

Lab86.68, -10.88, 2.96

XYZ61.17, 69.35, 71.79

Decimal12967891

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone573 C

Shades of light cyan

#acd1c0 #93c3ad #7ab59a #61a887 #509173 #42785f #345f4b #274637 #192d24 #0b1410

Tints of light cyan

#cae2d7 #cee4da #d3e7de #d8e9e1 #dcece5 #e1eee8 #e6f1ec #eaf4ef #eff6f3 #f3f9f6

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#dfc5d1 Analogous#c5dfc6 Analogous#c5dedf Triadic#d3c5df Triadic#dfd3c5 Split complementary#dfc5de Split complementary#dfc6c5

Light cyan in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 12, 0, 5, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c5dfd3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 0 5 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 4 9 19

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 #c5dfd3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c5dfd3; }
.text { color: #c5dfd3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c5dfd3; }

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 #c5dfd3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c5dfd3 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 #c5dfd3 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 #c5dfd3 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 #c5dfd3 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.