Light Cyan Color

#e0ffff

Light Cyan is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or cool magenta

Inverse Color #1f0000
Complementary Color #ffe0e0
Color Shade: warm cyan (180° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 93.92% (better contrasting with black)
Light Cyan Color Sample
Light Cyan Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e0ffff

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Light Cyan Color. The Friendly Frost color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Crushed Ice (#c4fff7) for more calm effect. Try Young Cornflower as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ffe0e0 is the best complementary color to Light Cyan. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e0ffff complementary color is Pippin, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Baby Blue are #e0ffef and #e0efff. Thus found on the left and right of #e0ffff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Frosted Mint and Pattens Blue colors as they work well with Light Cyan.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Light Cyan palette consists of #ffefe0 and #ffe0ef colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ffe0e0). Try Peach Cream and Pale Rose colors in combination with #e0ffff, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #e0ffff offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Light Cyan. Thus Half and Half and Pink Lace giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Light Cyan contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pippin, Blue Chalk, and Rice Flower split by 90° on the color wheel. #e0ffff square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Light Cyan tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#ffe0e0) and two others. The Pink Lace is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hint of Green – 120° from the complementary Pippin. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ffe0ff and #e0ffe0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e0ffff is made of 31% red, 35% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Light Cyan has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 93.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e0ffff is made of 12.16% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #e0ffff
RGB Decimal rgb(224,255,255)
RGB Percentage 31%, 35%, 35%
CMYK 12.16, 0, 0, 0
HSL hsl(180,100%,93.92%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(180,12.16%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(97.8681,-9.9393,-3.3847)
XYZ xyz(84.5505,94.5873,108.4086)
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