Light cyan

#cbfcff

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

Light cyan is a pale teal, airy between blue and green. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light cyan color values

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

Hex#cbfcff

RGB203, 252, 255

HSL183, 100%, 90%

HSV183, 20%, 100%

CMYK20%, 1%, 0%, 0%

Lab95.8, -14.82, -6.57

XYZ77.49, 89.54, 107.81

Decimal13368575

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light cyan

#a0faff #76f7ff #4bf5ff #20f2ff #00e6f4 #00beca #00969f #006d74 #004549 #001d1f

Tints of light cyan

#cefcff #d2fcff #d5fdff #d9fdff #dcfdff #dffdff #e3fdff #e6feff #eafeff #edfeff

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#ffcecb Analogous#cbffe8 Analogous#cbe2ff Triadic#ffcbfc Triadic#fcffcb Split complementary#ffcbe2 Split complementary#ffe8cb

Light cyan in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 20, 1, 0, 0.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 1 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 5 4 6

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #cbfcff straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbfcff 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 #cbfcff 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 #cbfcff 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 #cbfcff are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.