Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Light Cyan

Light Cyan is a light and pastel cyan color with HEX #E0FFFF. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 224, 255, 255, HSL 180, 100%, 94%, cool temperature, and is useful for web design, CSS color systems, and UI prototyping.

#E0FFFF cyan cool lightpastel
HEX #E0FFFF
RGB rgb(224, 255, 255)
HSL hsl(180 100% 94%)
CMYK cmyk(12, 0, 0, 0)
Luminance 0.9459
Contrast Black 19.92:1White 1.05:1

CSS Utilities

--color-light-cyan: #E0FFFF;
.bg-light-cyan { background-color: #E0FFFF; }
.text-light-cyan { color: #E0FFFF; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.9459
Black text19.92:1AA Pass
White text1.05:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
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  ]
}
Variants
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  "light": "#FFFFFF",
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  "saturated": "#E0FFFF",
  "desaturated": "#E4FCFC",
  "pastel": "#FFFFFF",
  "neon": "#FFFFFF"
}
Pairings
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    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
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  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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  ],
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Color meaning and use

About Light Cyan Color

Light Cyan sits in the cyan family with cool temperature and light and pastel visual character. Standard CSS named color.

Its common associations include context dependent, which makes it relevant for web interfaces and design systems. In design work, Light Cyan is most useful for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Cyan color familyBrowse named cyan colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Light colorsFind colors with light visual character.Pastel colorsFind colors with pastel visual character.Light Cyan accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #E0FFFF.Light Cyan CSS utilitiesUse Light Cyan in CSS variables and utility classes.#E0FFFF HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Light Cyan paletteOpen the generated palette based on Light Cyan.Light Cyan harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Light Cyan against black and white text.

Black text19.92:1AA Pass
White text1.05:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Ice Blue#D6F5FF
Azure#F0FFFF
Alice Blue#F0F8FF
Cool White#F4F8FF
Mint Cream#F5FFFA

Color Harmonies

#FFE0E0#FFE0E0
#E0FFF0#E0FFF0
#E0F0FF#E0F0FF
#FFE0FF#FFE0FF
Light Yellow#FFFFE0
Open full Light Cyan harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

White#FFFFFF
#85FFFF#85FFFF
Light Cyan#E0FFFF
#E4FCFC#E4FCFC
White#FFFFFF
White#FFFFFF

Pairings

Black#000000
#FFE0E0#FFE0E0
#E0FFF0#E0FFF0
#E0F0FF#E0F0FF
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5