CSS named colour
Light Cyan
#e0ffff
A CSS named colour: lightcyan is valid anywhere a colour is expected.
- RGB
- rgb(224 255 255)
- HSL
- 180°, 100%, 94%
- OKLCh
- 97.8% 0.032 196.6
Light Cyan in every format
Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.
| Hex | #e0ffff | |
|---|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(224 255 255) | |
| RGB legacy | rgb(224, 255, 255) | |
| RGB percent | rgb(87.84% 100% 100%) | |
| HSL | hsl(180 100% 93.9%) | |
| HSL legacy | hsl(180, 100%, 93.9%) | |
| HSV / HSB | hsv(180, 12.2%, 100%) | |
| HWB | hwb(180 87.8% 0%) | |
| Nearest name | lightcyan | |
| CMYK | cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 0%, 0%)Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile. |
Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.
| OKLCh | oklch(97.786% 0.03203 196.64)Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales. | |
|---|---|---|
| OKLab | oklab(97.786% -0.03069 -0.00917) | |
| CIE LCh | lch(97.767% 10.947 198.995) | |
| CIE Lab | lab(97.767% -10.351 -3.563) | |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.9016 0.9963 0.9981) | |
| Rec. 2020 | color(rec2020 0.9172 0.9913 0.9979) | |
| srgb-linear | color(srgb-linear 0.7454 1 1)Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths. | |
| CIE XYZ (D65) | color(xyz-d65 0.8455 0.9459 1.0841) |
ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.
| GLSL vec3 — sRGB | vec3(0.878, 1.0, 1.0)Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer. | |
|---|---|---|
| GLSL vec3 — linear | vec3(0.745, 1.0, 1.0)Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing. | |
| GLSL vec4 — sRGB | vec4(0.878, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0) | |
| GLSL vec4 — linear | vec4(0.745, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0) | |
| GLSL ivec3 | ivec3(224, 255, 255) | |
| HLSL float3 — sRGB | float3(0.878, 1.0, 1.0) | |
| HLSL float3 — linear | float3(0.745, 1.0, 1.0) | |
| HLSL float4 — sRGB | float4(0.878, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0) | |
| HLSL half4 — sRGB | half4(0.878, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0) | |
| WGSL vec3f — sRGB | vec3f(0.878, 1.0, 1.0) | |
| WGSL vec4f — sRGB | vec4f(0.878, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0) | |
| WGSL vec3<f32> — linear | vec3<f32>(0.745, 1.0, 1.0) |
Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.
| Unity Color | new Color(0.878f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f)Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255. | |
|---|---|---|
| Unity Color32 | new Color32(224, 255, 255, 255) | |
| Unreal FLinearColor | FLinearColor(0.7454f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f)FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255. | |
| Unreal FColor | FColor(224, 255, 255, 255)Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor. | |
| Godot Color | Color(0.878, 1, 1, 1) | |
| Flutter Color | Color(0xFFE0FFFF)Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first. | |
| Android Color | Color.rgb(224, 255, 255) | |
| SwiftUI Color | Color(red: 0.878, green: 1, blue: 1) | |
| UIKit UIColor | UIColor(red: 0.878, green: 1, blue: 1, alpha: 1) |
Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.
| 0x hex | 0xE0FFFF | |
|---|---|---|
| 0x hex (ARGB) | 0xFFE0FFFF | |
| Array 0–1 | [0.878, 1, 1] | |
| Array 0–255 | [224, 255, 255] | |
| Decimal integer | 14745599 |
Contrast and accessibility
WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.
| Pairing | WCAG 2 ratio | Level | APCA | Suitable for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Cyan on white | 1.05:1 | Fail | Lc 0 | Not usable for text |
| Light Cyan on black | 19.92:1 | AAA | Lc 104 | Body text at any size |
Light Cyan text on a white background
Light Cyan text on a black background
White text on Light Cyan
Black text on Light Cyan
Tonal scale
Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.
- 50#e6fdfd
- 100#dbf3f3
- 200#c9e2e2
- 300#b1cccc
- 400#94b0b0
- 500#759292
- 600#5d7878
- 700#486060
- 800#364c4d
- 900#283c3c
- 950#132223
Tints and shades
Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.
- Tint 1#e5ffff
- Tint 2#ebffff
- Tint 3#f0ffff
- Tint 4#f5ffff
- Tint 5#faffff
- Shade 1#afc8c8
- Shade 2#819494
- Shade 3#566363
- Shade 4#2e3636
- Shade 5#0b0f0f
Colours that work with Light Cyan
Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.
- #fff0f0
- #fff2ff
- #fff5e0
- #e4fff3
- #e2fdff
Closest CSS names
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