Light cyan

#d9f2ea

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 161 degrees. 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 #d9f2ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d9f2ea

RGB217, 242, 234

HSL161, 49%, 90%

HSV161, 10%, 95%

CMYK10%, 0%, 3%, 5%

Lab93.54, -9.65, 1.07

XYZ75.22, 84.2, 90.13

Decimal14283498

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone317 C

Shades of light cyan

#b9e7d8 #99dcc7 #79d1b5 #59c6a3 #3eb690 #339677 #29775e #1e5744 #13372b #081712

Tints of light cyan

#dbf3eb #def4ed #e0f5ee #e3f5ef #e5f6f1 #e8f7f2 #eaf8f4 #edf9f5 #effaf6 #f2faf8

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#f2d9e1 Analogous#d9f2dd Analogous#d9eef2 Triadic#ead9f2 Triadic#f2ead9 Split complementary#f2d9ee Split complementary#f2ddd9

Light cyan in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 10, 0, 3, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d9f2ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 0 3 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 4 7 11

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 #d9f2ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d9f2ea; }
.text { color: #d9f2ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d9f2ea; }

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 #d9f2ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d9f2ea 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 #d9f2ea 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 #d9f2ea 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 #d9f2ea are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.