Light cyan

#d8fcff

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

Light cyan lands where green meets blue, pale and vivid. 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 #d8fcff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d8fcff

RGB216, 252, 255

HSL185, 100%, 92%

HSV185, 15%, 100%

CMYK15%, 1%, 0%, 0%

Lab96.59, -10.91, -5.32

XYZ81.18, 91.44, 107.98

Decimal14220543

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light cyan

#acf9ff #80f5ff #54f2ff #28eeff #00e8fb #00bfcf #0096a3 #006e77 #00454b #001c1f

Tints of light cyan

#dafcff #dcfcff #defcff #e0fdff #e3fdff #e5fdff #e7fdff #e9fdff #ebfdff #edfeff

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#ffdbd8 Analogous#d8ffee Analogous#d8e9ff Triadic#ffd8fc Triadic#fcffd8 Split complementary#ffd8e9 Split complementary#ffefd8

Light cyan in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 15, 1, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d8fcff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 1 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 5 4 6

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 #d8fcff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d8fcff; }
.text { color: #d8fcff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d8fcff; }

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 #d8fcff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d8fcff 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 #d8fcff 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 #d8fcff 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 #d8fcff is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.