#CCDFDE

sRGB: 204 / 223 / 222

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Fierce revelations transcend the limits of dreams

#CCDFDE belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 223 green and 222 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 176.8° lands in the cyan region. Its 22.9% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.7% 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 (15.18:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 223, 222
HSL: 176.84°, 22.89%, 83.73%
HSV / HSB: 176.84°, 8.52%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 8.52%, 0.00%, 0.45%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 64.471, 70.886, 79.395
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 87.430, -6.497, -1.675
WCAG relative luminance: 0.70887
24-bit decimal: 13426654

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 #CCDFDE 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: 15.18:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.38:1

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

#DFCCCD sits half a turn (180°) from #CCDFDE 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.

#CCDFDE #DFCCCD

Analogous

#CCDFD5 and #CCD7DF sit 30° to either side of #CCDFDE. 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.

#CCDFD5 #CCDFDE #CCD7DF

Triadic

#CCDFDE, #DECCDF and #DFDECC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCDFDE #DECCDF #DFDECC

Split complementary

Start at #CCDFDE and look across the wheel. #DFCCD7 and #DFD5CC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCDFDE #DFCCD7 #DFD5CC

Square

Starting with #CCDFDE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D5CCDF, #DFCCCD, then #D7DFCC. Across the square, #CCDFDE pairs with #DFCCCD, and #D5CCDF with #D7DFCC.

#CCDFDE #D5CCDF #DFCCCD #D7DFCC

Tetradic

#CCDFDE and #DFCCCD are opposites, as are #CCCDDF and #DFDECC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCDFDE #CCCDDF #DFCCCD #DFDECC

Tints

Mixing #CCDFDE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6E5E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F9F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCDFDE #D6E5E5 #E0ECEB #EBF2F2 #F5F9F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCDFDE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3B2B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #292D2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCDFDE #A3B2B2 #7A8685 #525959 #292D2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCDFDE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDCCCB, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F9393, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCDFDE #BDCCCB #AEB9B8 #9EA6A6 #8F9393 #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

#CCDFDE

RGB

rgb(204 223 222)

HSL

hsl(176.842 22.892% 83.725%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCDFDE uses 204 red, 223 green and 222 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 87.5%

Blue 87.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCDFDE is 8.5% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 0.4% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 8.5%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 0.4%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#CCDFDE #CFDCDB #D2D9D8 #D6D6D6 #D9D2D3 #DCCFD0 #DFCCCD

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCDFDE 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.

#DCDDDE

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.

#D9DADE

Tritanopia

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

#C7E0DF

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.

#D7DDDE

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.

#D5DCDE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CCDFDE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DBDBDB

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.

#D4DDDD

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 0.73791 B 0.73046

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 0.81389 G 0.87217 B 0.86973

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.62763 G 0.73346 B 0.72884

CIE xyY

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

x 0.300 y 0.330 Y 70.886

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 12.549 Y % 12.941

Binary RGB

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

11001100 11011111 11011110