#CCCFBC

sRGB: 204 / 207 / 188

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Majestic waterfalls transform the fabric of existence
Eternal flames awaken sleeping galaxies

#CCCFBC belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 207 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 69.5° lands in the yellow region. Its 16.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.5% 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 (13.22:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 207, 188
HSL: 69.47°, 16.52%, 77.45%
HSV / HSB: 69.47°, 9.18%, 81.18%
CMYK (approx.): 1.45%, 0.00%, 9.18%, 18.82%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 56.289, 61.094, 56.406
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.429, -4.375, 9.090
WCAG relative luminance: 0.61094
24-bit decimal: 13422524

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 #CCCFBC 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: 13.22:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.59:1

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

#BFBCCF sits half a turn (180°) from #CCCFBC 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.

#CCCFBC #BFBCCF

Analogous

#CFC9BC and #C3CFBC sit 30° to either side of #CCCFBC. 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.

#CFC9BC #CCCFBC #C3CFBC

Triadic

#CCCFBC, #BCCCCF and #CFBCCC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCCFBC #BCCCCF #CFBCCC

Split complementary

Start at #CCCFBC and look across the wheel. #BCC3CF and #C9BCCF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCCFBC #BCC3CF #C9BCCF

Square

Starting with #CCCFBC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BCCFC8, #BFBCCF, then #CFBCC3. Across the square, #CCCFBC pairs with #BFBCCF, and #BCCFC8 with #CFBCC3.

#CCCFBC #BCCFC8 #BFBCCF #CFBCC3

Tetradic

#CCCFBC and #BFBCCF are opposites, as are #BCCFBF and #CFBCCC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCCFBC #BCCFBF #BFBCCF #CFBCCC

Tints

Mixing #CCCFBC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6D9C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F5F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCCFBC #D6D9C9 #E0E2D7 #EBECE4 #F5F5F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCCFBC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3A696, keeps 80% of the original. By #292926, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCCFBC #A3A696 #7A7C71 #52534B #292926 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCCFBC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDBFB0, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F908C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCCFBC #BDBFB0 #AEAFA4 #9EA098 #8F908C #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

#CCCFBC

RGB

rgb(204 207 188)

HSL

hsl(69.474 16.522% 77.451%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCCFBC uses 204 red, 207 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 81.2%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCCFBC is 1.4% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 9.2% yellow and 18.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.4%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 9.2%

Black 18.8%

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 #CCCFBC 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

#CCCFBC #CACCBF #C8C9C2 #C6C6C6 #C3C2C9 #C1BFCC #BFBCCF

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCCFBC 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.

#D2CDBB

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.

#D2CDBD

Tritanopia

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

#CECDC9

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.

#D0CEBC

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.

#D0CEBC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CDCEC1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CDCDCD

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.

#CDCEC5

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 0.62396 B 0.50289

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 0.80211 G 0.81138 B 0.74410

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.60740 G 0.62329 B 0.51338

CIE xyY

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

x 0.324 y 0.352 Y 61.094

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 18.824 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

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

11001100 11001111 10111100