#CCD4CD

sRGB: 204 / 212 / 205

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Electric visions breathe beneath silver clouds
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#CCD4CD belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 212 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 127.5° lands in the green region. Its 8.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.6% 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 (13.87:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 212, 205
HSL: 127.50°, 8.51%, 81.57%
HSV / HSB: 127.50°, 3.77%, 83.14%
CMYK (approx.): 3.77%, 0.00%, 3.30%, 16.86%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 59.462, 64.332, 67.044
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.138, -3.996, 2.515
WCAG relative luminance: 0.64332
24-bit decimal: 13423821

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 #CCD4CD 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: 13.87:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.51:1

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

#D4CCD3 sits half a turn (180°) from #CCD4CD 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.

#CCD4CD #D4CCD3

Analogous

#CFD4CC and #CCD4D1 sit 30° to either side of #CCD4CD. 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.

#CFD4CC #CCD4CD #CCD4D1

Triadic

#CCD4CD, #CDCCD4 and #D4CDCC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCD4CD #CDCCD4 #D4CDCC

Split complementary

Start at #CCD4CD and look across the wheel. #D1CCD4 and #D4CCCF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCD4CD #D1CCD4 #D4CCCF

Square

Starting with #CCD4CD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CCCFD4, #D4CCD3, then #D4D1CC. Across the square, #CCD4CD pairs with #D4CCD3, and #CCCFD4 with #D4D1CC.

#CCD4CD #CCCFD4 #D4CCD3 #D4D1CC

Tetradic

#CCD4CD and #D4CCD3 are opposites, as are #CCD3D4 and #D4CDCC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCD4CD #CCD3D4 #D4CCD3 #D4CDCC

Tints

Mixing #CCD4CD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6DDD7, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F6F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCD4CD #D6DDD7 #E0E5E1 #EBEEEB #F5F6F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCD4CD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3AAA4, keeps 80% of the original. By #292A29, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCD4CD #A3AAA4 #7A7F7B #525552 #292A29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCD4CD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDC3BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F918F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCD4CD #BDC3BE #AEB2AE #9EA29F #8F918F #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

#CCD4CD

RGB

rgb(204 212 205)

HSL

hsl(127.500 8.511% 81.569%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CCD4CD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCD4CD uses 204 red, 212 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 83.1%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCD4CD is 3.8% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 3.3% yellow and 16.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 3.8%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 3.3%

Black 16.9%

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 #CCD4CD 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

#CCD4CD #CDD3CE #CFD1CF #D0D0D0 #D1CFD1 #D3CDD2 #D4CCD3

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCD4CD 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.

#D4D2CD

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.

#D3D1CD

Tritanopia

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

#CBD4D2

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.

#D1D3CD

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.

#D1D2CD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CCD4CF

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D2D2D2

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.

#CFD3CF

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 0.65837 B 0.61050

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 0.80569 G 0.83036 B 0.80588

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.61351 G 0.65656 B 0.61385

CIE xyY

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

x 0.312 y 0.337 Y 64.332

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 16.863 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11001100 11010100 11001101