#CCDAD2

sRGB: 204 / 218 / 210

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Electric visions awaken beneath celestial skies
Fierce revelations disappear into mist

#CCDAD2 belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 218 green and 210 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 145.7° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 15.9% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 82.7% 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 (14.53:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 218, 210
HSL: 145.71°, 15.91%, 82.75%
HSV / HSB: 145.71°, 6.42%, 85.49%
CMYK (approx.): 6.42%, 0.00%, 3.67%, 14.51%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 61.603, 67.633, 70.784
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.823, -6.184, 2.312
WCAG relative luminance: 0.67633
24-bit decimal: 13425362

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 #CCDAD2 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: 14.53:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.45:1

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

#DACCD4 sits half a turn (180°) from #CCDAD2 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.

#CCDAD2 #DACCD4

Analogous

#CDDACC and #CCDAD9 sit 30° to either side of #CCDAD2. 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.

#CDDACC #CCDAD2 #CCDAD9

Triadic

#CCDAD2, #D2CCDA and #DAD2CC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCDAD2 #D2CCDA #DAD2CC

Split complementary

Start at #CCDAD2 and look across the wheel. #D9CCDA and #DACCCD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCDAD2 #D9CCDA #DACCCD

Square

Starting with #CCDAD2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CCCDDA, #DACCD4, then #DAD9CC. Across the square, #CCDAD2 pairs with #DACCD4, and #CCCDDA with #DAD9CC.

#CCDAD2 #CCCDDA #DACCD4 #DAD9CC

Tetradic

#CCDAD2 and #DACCD4 are opposites, as are #CCD4DA and #DAD2CC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCDAD2 #CCD4DA #DACCD4 #DAD2CC

Tints

Mixing #CCDAD2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6E1DB, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F8F6, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCDAD2 #D6E1DB #E0E9E4 #EBF0ED #F5F8F6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCDAD2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3AEA8, keeps 80% of the original. By #292C2A, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCDAD2 #A3AEA8 #7A837E #525754 #292C2A #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCDAD2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDC8C2, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F9290, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCDAD2 #BDC8C2 #AEB6B1 #9EA4A1 #8F9290 #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

#CCDAD2

RGB

rgb(204 218 210)

HSL

hsl(145.714 15.909% 82.745%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CCDAD2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCDAD2 uses 204 red, 218 green and 210 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 85.5%

Blue 82.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCDAD2 is 6.4% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 3.7% yellow and 14.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 6.4%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 3.7%

Black 14.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCDDCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CDC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CCDAD2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#CCDAD2 #CED8D2 #D1D5D3 #D3D3D3 #D5D1D3 #D8CED4 #DACCD4

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCDAD2 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.

#DAD8D2

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.

#D7D6D2

Tritanopia

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

#CADAD8

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.

#D5D8D2

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.

#D4D7D2

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CCDAD4

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D7D7D7

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.

#D1D8D4

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 0.70110 B 0.64448

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 0.81011 G 0.85315 B 0.82546

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.62110 G 0.69787 B 0.64788

CIE xyY

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

x 0.308 y 0.338 Y 67.633

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 14.510 Y % 17.647

Binary RGB

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

11001100 11011010 11010010