#CCCDC6

sRGB: 204 / 205 / 198

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Majestic waterfalls illuminate forgotten empires
Boundless spirits find forgotten pathways

#CCCDC6 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 205 green and 198 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 68.6° lands in the yellow region. Its 6.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.0% 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 (13.12:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 205, 198
HSL: 68.57°, 6.54%, 79.02%
HSV / HSB: 68.57°, 3.41%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 0.49%, 0.00%, 3.41%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 56.924, 60.577, 62.122
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.151, -1.604, 3.358
WCAG relative luminance: 0.60577
24-bit decimal: 13422022

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 #CCCDC6 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: 13.12:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.60:1

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

#C7C6CD sits half a turn (180°) from #CCCDC6 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.

#CCCDC6 #C7C6CD

Analogous

#CDCBC6 and #C9CDC6 sit 30° to either side of #CCCDC6. 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.

#CDCBC6 #CCCDC6 #C9CDC6

Triadic

#CCCDC6, #C6CCCD and #CDC6CC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCCDC6 #C6CCCD #CDC6CC

Split complementary

Start at #CCCDC6 and look across the wheel. #C6C9CD and #CBC6CD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCCDC6 #C6C9CD #CBC6CD

Square

Starting with #CCCDC6, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C6CDCB, #C7C6CD, then #CDC6C9. Across the square, #CCCDC6 pairs with #C7C6CD, and #C6CDCB with #CDC6C9.

#CCCDC6 #C6CDCB #C7C6CD #CDC6C9

Tetradic

#CCCDC6 and #C7C6CD are opposites, as are #C6CDC7 and #CDC6CC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCCDC6 #C6CDC7 #C7C6CD #CDC6CC

Tints

Mixing #CCCDC6 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6D7D1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F5F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCCDC6 #D6D7D1 #E0E1DD #EBEBE8 #F5F5F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCCDC6 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3A49E, keeps 80% of the original. By #292928, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCCDC6 #A3A49E #7A7B77 #52524F #292928 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCCDC6 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDBEB8, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8F8E, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCCDC6 #BDBEB8 #AEAEAA #9E9F9C #8F8F8E #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

#CCCDC6

RGB

rgb(204 205 198)

HSL

hsl(68.571 6.542% 79.020%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CCCDC6;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCCDC6 uses 204 red, 205 green and 198 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 80.4%

Blue 77.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCCDC6 is 0.5% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 3.4% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.5%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 3.4%

Black 19.6%

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 #CCCDC6 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

#CCCDC6 #CBCCC7 #CACBC8 #CACACA #C9C8CB #C8C7CC #C7C6CD

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCCDC6 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.

#CECCC6

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.

#CECCC6

Tritanopia

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

#CDCCCB

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.

#CDCCC6

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.

#CECDC6

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CCCDC8

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CCCCCC

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.

#CCCDC9

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 0.61050 B 0.56471

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 0.80070 G 0.80379 B 0.77891

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.60501 G 0.61027 B 0.56869

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 0.337 Y 60.577

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 19.608 Y % 22.353

Binary RGB

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

11001100 11001101 11000110