Light cyan

#cee9ef

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 191 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light cyan color values

Every conversion for #cee9ef, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cee9ef

RGB206, 233, 239

HSL191, 51%, 87%

HSV191, 14%, 94%

CMYK14%, 3%, 0%, 6%

Lab90.61, -7.63, -5.91

XYZ70.17, 77.63, 92.95

Decimal13560303

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light cyan

#afdbe5 #90cddb #70bfd0 #51b1c6 #3b9db3 #308294 #266675 #1c4b56 #123036 #081417

Tints of light cyan

#d2ebf0 #d5ecf1 #d9eef2 #dceff4 #e0f1f5 #e3f3f6 #e7f4f7 #eaf6f8 #eef7f9 #f2f9fb

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#efd4ce Analogous#ceefe5 Analogous#ced8ef Triadic#efcee9 Triadic#e9efce Split complementary#efced8 Split complementary#efe5ce

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, 3, 0, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cee9ef on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 3 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 7 4 12

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 #cee9ef straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cee9ef; }
.text { color: #cee9ef; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cee9ef; }

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 #cee9ef against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cee9ef 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 #cee9ef 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 #cee9ef 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 #cee9ef come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.