Light cyan

#c8e2db

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 teal at 164 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light cyan color values

Every conversion for #c8e2db, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8e2db

RGB200, 226, 219

HSL164, 31%, 84%

HSV164, 12%, 89%

CMYK12%, 0%, 3%, 11%

Lab87.87, -9.9, 0.5

XYZ63.8, 71.79, 77.51

Decimal13165275

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone628 C

Shades of light cyan

#aed4ca #94c7b9 #7ab9a8 #60ab97 #4f9582 #417c6c #346255 #26483f #182e28 #0b1411

Tints of light cyan

#cce4de #d1e7e1 #d5e9e4 #d9ebe6 #deede9 #e2f0ec #e6f2ef #ebf4f2 #eff7f5 #f3f9f7

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#e2c8cf Analogous#c8e2ce Analogous#c8dce2 Triadic#dbc8e2 Triadic#e2dbc8 Split complementary#e2c8dc Split complementary#e2cec8

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, 3, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8e2db on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 0 3 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 4 7 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 #c8e2db straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8e2db; }
.text { color: #c8e2db; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8e2db; }

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 #c8e2db against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8e2db 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 #c8e2db 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 #c8e2db 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 #c8e2db is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.