#CCCDC8

sRGB: 204 / 205 / 200

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Majestic waterfalls illuminate forgotten empires
Boundless spirits carry promises of spring

#CCCDC8 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 205 green and 200 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 72.0° lands in the yellow region. Its 4.8% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.4% 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 (13.13:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 205, 200
HSL: 72.00°, 4.76%, 79.41%
HSV / HSB: 72.00°, 2.44%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 0.49%, 0.00%, 2.44%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 57.156, 60.670, 63.345
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.201, -1.248, 2.363
WCAG relative luminance: 0.60670
24-bit decimal: 13422024

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 #CCCDC8 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: 13.13:1

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

#C9C8CD sits half a turn (180°) from #CCCDC8 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.

#CCCDC8 #C9C8CD

Analogous

#CDCCC8 and #CACDC8 sit 30° to either side of #CCCDC8. 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.

#CDCCC8 #CCCDC8 #CACDC8

Triadic

#CCCDC8, #C8CCCD and #CDC8CC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCCDC8 #C8CCCD #CDC8CC

Split complementary

Start at #CCCDC8 and look across the wheel. #C8CACD and #CCC8CD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCCDC8 #C8CACD #CCC8CD

Square

Starting with #CCCDC8, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C8CDCC, #C9C8CD, then #CDC8CA. Across the square, #CCCDC8 pairs with #C9C8CD, and #C8CDCC with #CDC8CA.

#CCCDC8 #C8CDCC #C9C8CD #CDC8CA

Tetradic

#CCCDC8 and #C9C8CD are opposites, as are #C8CDC9 and #CDC8CC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCCDC8 #C8CDC9 #C9C8CD #CDC8CC

Tints

Mixing #CCCDC8 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6D7D3, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F5F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCCDC8 #D6D7D3 #E0E1DE #EBEBE9 #F5F5F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCCDC8 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3A4A0, keeps 80% of the original. By #292928, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCCDC8 #A3A4A0 #7A7B78 #525250 #292928 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCCDC8 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDBEBA, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8F8E, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCCDC8 #BDBEBA #AEAEAB #9E9F9D #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

#CCCDC8

RGB

rgb(204 205 200)

HSL

hsl(72.000 4.762% 79.412%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CCCDC8;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCCDC8 uses 204 red, 205 green and 200 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 80.4%

Blue 78.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCCDC8 is 0.5% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 2.4% 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 2.4%

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 #CCCDC8 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

#CCCDC8 #CCCCC9 #CBCBCA #CBCBCB #CACACB #CAC9CC #C9C8CD

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCCDC8 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.

#CECCC8

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.

#CECCC8

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.

#CDCDC8

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.

#CDCDC8

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CCCDC9

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.

#CCCDCA

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 0.57758

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 0.78603

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.60501 G 0.61027 B 0.58041

CIE xyY

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

x 0.315 y 0.335 Y 60.670

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 19.608 Y % 21.569

Binary RGB

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

11001100 11001101 11001000