#CCBEC7

sRGB: 204 / 190 / 199

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Restless constellations transcend the boundaries of time
Boundless spirits embrace the coming dawn

#CCBEC7 belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 190 green and 199 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 321.4° lands in the rose region. Its 12.1% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.3% 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 (11.76:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 190, 199
HSL: 321.43°, 12.07%, 77.25%
HSV / HSB: 321.43°, 6.86%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 6.86%, 2.45%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 53.622, 53.788, 61.592
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 78.338, 6.519, -2.743
WCAG relative luminance: 0.53788
24-bit decimal: 13418183

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 #CCBEC7 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: 11.76:1

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

#BECCC3 sits half a turn (180°) from #CCBEC7 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.

#CCBEC7 #BECCC3

Analogous

#CABECC and #CCBEC0 sit 30° to either side of #CCBEC7. 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.

#CABECC #CCBEC7 #CCBEC0

Triadic

#CCBEC7, #C7CCBE and #BEC7CC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCBEC7 #C7CCBE #BEC7CC

Split complementary

Start at #CCBEC7 and look across the wheel. #C0CCBE and #BECCCA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCBEC7 #C0CCBE #BECCCA

Square

Starting with #CCBEC7, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CCCABE, #BECCC3, then #BEC0CC. Across the square, #CCBEC7 pairs with #BECCC3, and #CCCABE with #BEC0CC.

#CCBEC7 #CCCABE #BECCC3 #BEC0CC

Tetradic

#CCBEC7 and #BECCC3 are opposites, as are #CCC3BE and #BEC7CC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCBEC7 #CCC3BE #BECCC3 #BEC7CC

Tints

Mixing #CCBEC7 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6CBD2, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F2F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCBEC7 #D6CBD2 #E0D8DD #EBE5E9 #F5F2F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCBEC7 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3989F, keeps 80% of the original. By #292628, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCBEC7 #A3989F #7A7277 #524C50 #292628 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCBEC7 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDB2B9, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8C8E, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCBEC7 #BDB2B9 #AEA5AB #9E999C #8F8C8E #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

#CCBEC7

RGB

rgb(204 190 199)

HSL

hsl(321.429 12.069% 77.255%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CCBEC7;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCBEC7 uses 204 red, 190 green and 199 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 74.5%

Blue 78.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCBEC7 is 0.0% cyan, 6.9% magenta, 2.5% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 6.9%

Yellow 2.5%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCBBCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CBC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CCBEC7 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#CCBEC7 #CAC0C6 #C7C3C6 #C5C5C5 #C3C7C4 #C0CAC4 #BECCC3

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCBEC7 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.

#BEC1C7

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.

#C1C2C7

Tritanopia

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

#CEBEC1

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.

#C3C0C7

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.

#C4C1C7

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CCBEC5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C2C2C2

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.

#C7C0C4

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 0.51492 B 0.57112

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 0.79062 G 0.74701 B 0.77825

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.58804 G 0.51787 B 0.56761

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 0.318 Y 53.788

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 25.490 Y % 21.961

Binary RGB

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

11001100 10111110 11000111