Light cyan

#dbfcff

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. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light cyan color values

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

Hex#dbfcff

RGB219, 252, 255

HSL185, 100%, 93%

HSV185, 14%, 100%

CMYK14%, 1%, 0%, 0%

Lab96.78, -9.99, -5.02

XYZ82.07, 91.9, 108.02

Decimal14417151

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light cyan

#aff8ff #82f5ff #56f1ff #2aedff #00e7fc #00bfd0 #0096a4 #006d77 #00454b #001c1f

Tints of light cyan

#ddfcff #dffcff #e0fcff #e2fdff #e4fdff #e6fdff #e8fdff #eafdff #ebfdff #edfeff

Colors that go with light cyan

Complementary#ffdedb Analogous#dbfff0 Analogous#dbeaff Triadic#ffdbfc Triadic#fcffdb Split complementary#ffdbea Split complementary#fff0db

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 14, 1, 0, 0.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 1 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 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 #dbfcff straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dbfcff 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 #dbfcff 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 #dbfcff 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 #dbfcff are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.