#CCBBDD

sRGB: 204 / 187 / 221
Color name: Sweet Lucid Dreams

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Restless constellations shimmer across boundless heavens
Fierce revelations shatter the chains of fate

The hex code for Sweet Lucid Dreams is #CCBBDD. It belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 187 green and 221 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 270.0° lands in the violet region. Its 33.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.0% 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 (11.72:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 187, 221
HSL: 270.00°, 33.33%, 80.00%
HSV / HSB: 270.00°, 15.38%, 86.67%
CMYK (approx.): 7.69%, 15.38%, 0.00%, 13.33%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 55.721, 53.599, 75.819
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 78.227, 12.319, -14.797
WCAG relative luminance: 0.53598
24-bit decimal: 13417437

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 #CCBBDD 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: 11.72:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.79:1

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

#CCDDBB sits half a turn (180°) from #CCBBDD 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.

#CCBBDD #CCDDBB

Analogous

#BBBBDD and #DDBBDD sit 30° to either side of #CCBBDD. 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.

#BBBBDD #CCBBDD #DDBBDD

Triadic

#CCBBDD, #DDCCBB and #BBDDCC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCBBDD #DDCCBB #BBDDCC

Split complementary

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

#CCBBDD #DDDDBB #BBDDBB

Square

Starting with #CCBBDD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DDBBBB, #CCDDBB, then #BBDDDD. Across the square, #CCBBDD pairs with #CCDDBB, and #DDBBBB with #BBDDDD.

#CCBBDD #DDBBBB #CCDDBB #BBDDDD

Tetradic

#CCBBDD and #CCDDBB are opposites, as are #DDBBCC and #BBDDCC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCBBDD #DDBBCC #CCDDBB #BBDDCC

Tints

Mixing #CCBBDD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6C9E4, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F1F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCBBDD #D6C9E4 #E0D6EB #EBE4F1 #F5F1F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCBBDD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A396B1, keeps 80% of the original. By #29252C, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCBBDD #A396B1 #7A7085 #524B58 #29252C #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCBBDD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDAFCA, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8C93, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCBBDD #BDAFCA #AEA3B8 #9E98A5 #8F8C93 #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

#CCBBDD

RGB

rgb(204 187 221)

HSL

hsl(270.000 33.333% 80.000%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCBBDD uses 204 red, 187 green and 221 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 73.3%

Blue 86.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCBBDD is 7.7% cyan, 15.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 13.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.7%

Magenta 15.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 13.3%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#CCBBDD #CCC1D7 #CCC6D2 #CCCCCC #CCD2C6 #CCD7C1 #CCDDBB

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCBBDD 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.

#B6C1DF

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.

#B9C2DC

Tritanopia

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

#CABFC6

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.

#BEBFDE

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.

#BFC0DC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CBBDD5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C1C1C1

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.

#C7BED0

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 0.60383 G 0.49693 B 0.72306

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 0.78870 G 0.73567 B 0.85682

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.58485 G 0.50048 B 0.70465

CIE xyY

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

x 0.301 y 0.290 Y 53.599

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 26.667 Y % 13.333

Binary RGB

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

11001100 10111011 11011101