Light Cyan color (#E0FFFF)
Light Cyan is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword lightcyan
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #E0FFFF, which is rgb(224, 255, 255) in RGB.
It is a very light, muted cool color with a hue angle of 180° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 98% in OKLCH. On a light cyan background, black text gives the higher contrast at 19.91:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Light Cyan color codes
| CSS name | lightcyan |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #E0FFFF |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #E0FFFFFF |
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| RGB | rgb(224, 255, 255) |
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| HSL | hsl(180, 100%, 94%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(180, 12%, 100%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(97.8% 0.032 196.6) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 0%, 0%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for light cyan used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of light cyan
Tints mix light cyan with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
Shades
Colors that go with light cyan
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Light Cyan with color blindness
Approximately how light cyan appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using light cyan in CSS
.element {
color: lightcyan;
background-color: #e0ffff;
border-color: rgb(224 255 255 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(97.8% 0.032 196.6);
}Similar named colors
See all shades of cyan or browse every CSS color name.