#CBDEC3

sRGB: 203 / 222 / 195

Celestial flames rise against oblivion
Electric visions transcend the boundaries of time
Boundless spirits linger beyond yesterday

#CBDEC3 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 203 red, 222 green and 195 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 102.2° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 29.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.8% 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 (14.78:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 203, 222, 195
HSL: 102.22°, 29.03%, 81.76%
HSV / HSB: 102.22°, 12.16%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 8.56%, 0.00%, 12.16%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 60.597, 68.879, 61.734
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.444, -11.230, 11.106
WCAG relative luminance: 0.68879
24-bit decimal: 13360835

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 #CBDEC3 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: 14.78:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.42:1

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

#D6C3DE sits half a turn (180°) from #CBDEC3 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.

#CBDEC3 #D6C3DE

Analogous

#D9DEC3 and #C3DEC9 sit 30° to either side of #CBDEC3. 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.

#D9DEC3 #CBDEC3 #C3DEC9

Triadic

#CBDEC3, #C3CBDE and #DEC3CB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CBDEC3 #C3CBDE #DEC3CB

Split complementary

Start at #CBDEC3 and look across the wheel. #C8C3DE and #DEC3D9 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CBDEC3 #C8C3DE #DEC3D9

Square

Starting with #CBDEC3, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C3D9DE, #D6C3DE, then #DEC8C3. Across the square, #CBDEC3 pairs with #D6C3DE, and #C3D9DE with #DEC8C3.

#CBDEC3 #C3D9DE #D6C3DE #DEC8C3

Tetradic

#CBDEC3 and #D6C3DE are opposites, as are #C3DED6 and #DEC3CB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CBDEC3 #C3DED6 #D6C3DE #DEC3CB

Tints

Mixing #CBDEC3 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5E5CF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F8F3, the mixture is 80% white.

#CBDEC3 #D5E5CF #E0EBDB #EAF2E7 #F5F8F3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CBDEC3 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A2B29C, keeps 80% of the original. By #292C27, the mixture is 80% black.

#CBDEC3 #A2B29C #7A8575 #51594E #292C27 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CBDEC3 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCCBB6, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F938D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CBDEC3 #BCCBB6 #ADB8A8 #9EA69B #8F938D #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

#CBDEC3

RGB

rgb(203 222 195)

HSL

hsl(102.222 29.032% 81.765%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CBDEC3;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CBDEC3 uses 203 red, 222 green and 195 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 79.6%

Green 87.1%

Blue 76.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CBDEC3 is 8.6% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 12.2% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 8.6%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 12.2%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCDDBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CDB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CBDEC3 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#CBDEC3 #CDDAC8 #CFD5CC #D1D1D1 #D2CCD5 #D4C8DA #D6C3DE

Color vision previews

Compare how #CBDEC3 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.

#E0D9C2

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.

#DDD8C4

Tritanopia

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

#CBDCD6

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.

#D9DBC2

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.

#D8DAC4

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CCDDCA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D8D8D8

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.

#D2DBCE

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 0.73046 B 0.54572

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 0.80997 G 0.86825 B 0.77356

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.62086 G 0.72604 B 0.55998

CIE xyY

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

x 0.317 y 0.360 Y 68.879

CMY

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

C % 20.392 M % 12.941 Y % 23.529

Binary RGB

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

11001011 11011110 11000011