#CCCCBD

sRGB: 204 / 204 / 189

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Majestic waterfalls thunder through timeless canyons
Eternal flames shatter the chains of fate

#CCCCBD belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 204 green and 189 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 60.0° lands in the yellow region. Its 12.8% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.1% 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 (12.94:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 204, 189
HSL: 60.00°, 12.82%, 77.06%
HSV / HSB: 60.00°, 7.35%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.00%, 7.35%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 55.678, 59.697, 56.735
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.673, -2.644, 7.475
WCAG relative luminance: 0.59697
24-bit decimal: 13421757

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 #CCCCBD 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: 12.94:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.62:1

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

#BDBDCC sits half a turn (180°) from #CCCCBD 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.

#CCCCBD #BDBDCC

Analogous

#CCC5BD and #C5CCBD sit 30° to either side of #CCCCBD. 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.

#CCC5BD #CCCCBD #C5CCBD

Triadic

#CCCCBD, #BDCCCC and #CCBDCC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCCCBD #BDCCCC #CCBDCC

Split complementary

Start at #CCCCBD and look across the wheel. #BDC5CC and #C5BDCC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCCCBD #BDC5CC #C5BDCC

Square

Starting with #CCCCBD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BDCCC5, #BDBDCC, then #CCBDC5. Across the square, #CCCCBD pairs with #BDBDCC, and #BDCCC5 with #CCBDC5.

#CCCCBD #BDCCC5 #BDBDCC #CCBDC5

Tetradic

#CCCCBD and #BDBDCC are opposites, as are #BDCCBD and #CCBDCC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCCCBD #BDCCBD #BDBDCC #CCBDCC

Tints

Mixing #CCCCBD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6D6CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F5F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCCCBD #D6D6CA #E0E0D7 #EBEBE5 #F5F5F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCCCBD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3A397, keeps 80% of the original. By #292926, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCCCBD #A3A397 #7A7A71 #52524C #292926 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCCCBD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDBDB1, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8F8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCCCBD #BDBDB1 #AEAEA5 #9E9E98 #8F8F8C #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

#CCCCBD

RGB

rgb(204 204 189)

HSL

hsl(60.000 12.821% 77.059%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCCCBD uses 204 red, 204 green and 189 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 80.0%

Blue 74.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCCCBD is 0.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 7.4% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 7.4%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#CCCCBD #CACAC0 #C7C7C2 #C5C5C5 #C2C2C7 #C0C0CA #BDBDCC

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCCCBD 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.

#CFCBBC

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.

#CFCBBD

Tritanopia

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

#CFCAC8

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.

#CECBBD

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.

#CECBBD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CDCBC1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CBCBCB

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.

#CBCBC4

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 0.60383 B 0.50888

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 0.80000 G 0.80000 B 0.74669

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.60383 G 0.60383 B 0.51738

CIE xyY

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

x 0.323 y 0.347 Y 59.697

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 20.000 Y % 25.882

Binary RGB

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

11001100 11001100 10111101