Light cyan

#c5e4d5

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 #c5e4d5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c5e4d5

RGB197, 228, 213

HSL151, 36%, 83%

HSV151, 14%, 89%

CMYK14%, 0%, 7%, 11%

Lab88.05, -13.03, 3.89

XYZ62.78, 72.16, 73.57

Decimal12969173

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone573 C

Shades of light cyan

#aad7c2 #8fcbae #74be9b #59b287 #489b73 #3c815f #2f664b #234b37 #163023 #0a150f

Tints of light cyan

#cae6d8 #cee8dc #d3eadf #d7ede2 #dcefe6 #e0f1e9 #e5f3ec #eaf5f0 #eef7f3 #f3f9f6

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#e4c5d4 Analogous#c5e4c6 Analogous#c5e3e4 Triadic#d5c5e4 Triadic#e4d5c5 Split complementary#e4c5e3 Split complementary#e4c6c5

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 14, 0, 7, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c5e4d5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 0 7 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 4 10 17

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 #c5e4d5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c5e4d5; }
.text { color: #c5e4d5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c5e4d5; }

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 #c5e4d5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c5e4d5 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 #c5e4d5 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 #c5e4d5 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

The figures for #c5e4d5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.