#C8DFCD

sRGB: 200 / 223 / 205

Celestial flames illuminate hidden paths
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#C8DFCD belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 200 red, 223 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 133.0° lands in the green region. Its 26.4% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 82.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (14.89:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 200, 223, 205
HSL: 133.04°, 26.44%, 82.94%
HSV / HSB: 133.04°, 10.31%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 10.31%, 0.00%, 8.07%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 61.224, 69.462, 67.942
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.732, -10.995, 6.231
WCAG relative luminance: 0.69462
24-bit decimal: 13164493

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #C8DFCD in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 14.89:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.41:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DFC8DA sits half a turn (180°) from #C8DFCD on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#C8DFCD #DFC8DA

Analogous

#CEDFC8 and #C8DFD9 sit 30° to either side of #C8DFCD. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#CEDFC8 #C8DFCD #C8DFD9

Triadic

#C8DFCD, #CDC8DF and #DFCDC8 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C8DFCD #CDC8DF #DFCDC8

Split complementary

Start at #C8DFCD and look across the wheel. #D9C8DF and #DFC8CE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C8DFCD #D9C8DF #DFC8CE

Square

Starting with #C8DFCD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C8CEDF, #DFC8DA, then #DFD9C8. Across the square, #C8DFCD pairs with #DFC8DA, and #C8CEDF with #DFD9C8.

#C8DFCD #C8CEDF #DFC8DA #DFD9C8

Tetradic

#C8DFCD and #DFC8DA are opposites, as are #C8DADF and #DFCDC8. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C8DFCD #C8DADF #DFC8DA #DFCDC8

Tints

Mixing #C8DFCD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D3E5D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4F9F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#C8DFCD #D3E5D7 #DEECE1 #E9F2EB #F4F9F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C8DFCD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A0B2A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #282D29, the mixture is 80% black.

#C8DFCD #A0B2A4 #78867B #505952 #282D29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #C8DFCD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BACCBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #8E938F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C8DFCD #BACCBE #ABB9AE #9DA69F #8E938F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#C8DFCD

RGB

rgb(200 223 205)

HSL

hsl(133.043 26.437% 82.941%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C8DFCD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C8DFCD uses 200 red, 223 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 78.4%

Green 87.5%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C8DFCD is 10.3% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 8.1% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 10.3%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 8.1%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCDDCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CDC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C8DFCD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCDDCC Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#C8DFCD #CCDBCF #D0D7D1 #D4D4D4 #D7D0D6 #DBCCD8 #DFC8DA

Color vision previews

Compare how #C8DFCD appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#DFDBCC

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#DBD8CE

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C5DEDA

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D7DCCD

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D6DACE

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C8DED2

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D9D9D9

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#D1DCD3

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.57758 G 0.73791 B 0.61050

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.80131 G 0.87171 B 0.80898

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.60605 G 0.73259 B 0.61916

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.308 y 0.350 Y 69.462

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 21.569 M % 12.549 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001000 11011111 11001101