#CBD2CD

sRGB: 203 / 210 / 205

Celestial flames rise against oblivion
Electric visions tremble in empty gardens
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#CBD2CD belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 203 red, 210 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 137.1° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 7.2% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.0% 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 (13.64:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 203, 210, 205
HSL: 137.14°, 7.22%, 80.98%
HSV / HSB: 137.14°, 3.33%, 82.35%
CMYK (approx.): 3.33%, 0.00%, 2.38%, 17.65%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 58.692, 63.197, 66.866
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.546, -3.298, 1.645
WCAG relative luminance: 0.63197
24-bit decimal: 13357773

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 #CBD2CD 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: 13.64:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.54:1

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

#D2CBD0 sits half a turn (180°) from #CBD2CD 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.

#CBD2CD #D2CBD0

Analogous

#CCD2CB and #CBD2D1 sit 30° to either side of #CBD2CD. 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.

#CCD2CB #CBD2CD #CBD2D1

Triadic

#CBD2CD, #CDCBD2 and #D2CDCB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CBD2CD #CDCBD2 #D2CDCB

Split complementary

Start at #CBD2CD and look across the wheel. #D1CBD2 and #D2CBCC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CBD2CD #D1CBD2 #D2CBCC

Square

Starting with #CBD2CD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CBCCD2, #D2CBD0, then #D2D1CB. Across the square, #CBD2CD pairs with #D2CBD0, and #CBCCD2 with #D2D1CB.

#CBD2CD #CBCCD2 #D2CBD0 #D2D1CB

Tetradic

#CBD2CD and #D2CBD0 are opposites, as are #CBD0D2 and #D2CDCB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CBD2CD #CBD0D2 #D2CBD0 #D2CDCB

Tints

Mixing #CBD2CD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5DBD7, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F6F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#CBD2CD #D5DBD7 #E0E4E1 #EAEDEB #F5F6F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CBD2CD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A2A8A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #292A29, the mixture is 80% black.

#CBD2CD #A2A8A4 #7A7E7B #515452 #292A29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CBD2CD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCC2BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F908F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CBD2CD #BCC2BE #ADB1AE #9EA19F #8F908F #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

#CBD2CD

RGB

rgb(203 210 205)

HSL

hsl(137.143 7.216% 80.980%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CBD2CD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CBD2CD uses 203 red, 210 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 79.6%

Green 82.4%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CBD2CD is 3.3% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 2.4% yellow and 17.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 3.3%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 2.4%

Black 17.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCCCCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CCC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CBD2CD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#CBD2CD #CCD1CE #CDD0CE #CFCFCF #D0CDCF #D1CCD0 #D2CBD0

Color vision previews

Compare how #CBD2CD 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.

#D2D1CD

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.

#D1D0CD

Tritanopia

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

#CAD2D0

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.

#D0D1CD

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.

#CFD1CD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CBD2CE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D0D0D0

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.

#CED1CF

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 0.59720 G 0.64448 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 0.80104 G 0.82264 B 0.80523

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.60560 G 0.64291 B 0.61273

CIE xyY

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

x 0.311 y 0.335 Y 63.197

CMY

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

C % 20.392 M % 17.647 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11001011 11010010 11001101