#CDEBD0

sRGB: 205 / 235 / 208

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Immortal legends shimmer across boundless heavens
Fierce revelations vanish without farewell

#CDEBD0 belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 235 green and 208 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 126.0° lands in the green region. Its 42.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.3% 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 (16.39:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 235, 208
HSL: 126.00°, 42.86%, 86.27%
HSV / HSB: 126.00°, 12.77%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 12.77%, 0.00%, 11.49%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.267, 76.949, 71.038
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.298, -14.819, 9.822
WCAG relative luminance: 0.76950
24-bit decimal: 13495248

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 #CDEBD0 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: 16.39:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.28:1

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

#EBCDE8 sits half a turn (180°) from #CDEBD0 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.

#CDEBD0 #EBCDE8

Analogous

#D9EBCD and #CDEBDF sit 30° to either side of #CDEBD0. 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.

#D9EBCD #CDEBD0 #CDEBDF

Triadic

#CDEBD0, #D0CDEB and #EBD0CD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CDEBD0 #D0CDEB #EBD0CD

Split complementary

Start at #CDEBD0 and look across the wheel. #DFCDEB and #EBCDD9 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CDEBD0 #DFCDEB #EBCDD9

Square

Starting with #CDEBD0, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CDD9EB, #EBCDE8, then #EBDFCD. Across the square, #CDEBD0 pairs with #EBCDE8, and #CDD9EB with #EBDFCD.

#CDEBD0 #CDD9EB #EBCDE8 #EBDFCD

Tetradic

#CDEBD0 and #EBCDE8 are opposites, as are #CDE8EB and #EBD0CD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CDEBD0 #CDE8EB #EBCDE8 #EBD0CD

Tints

Mixing #CDEBD0 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7EFD9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5FBF6, the mixture is 80% white.

#CDEBD0 #D7EFD9 #E1F3E3 #EBF7EC #F5FBF6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CDEBD0 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A4BCA6, keeps 80% of the original. By #292F2A, the mixture is 80% black.

#CDEBD0 #A4BCA6 #7B8D7D #525E53 #292F2A #000000

Tones

Mixing #CDEBD0 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BED6C0, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F9590, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CDEBD0 #BED6C0 #AEC0B0 #9FABA0 #8F9590 #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

#CDEBD0

RGB

rgb(205 235 208)

HSL

hsl(126.000 42.857% 86.275%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CDEBD0;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CDEBD0 uses 205 red, 235 green and 208 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 92.2%

Blue 81.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CDEBD0 is 12.8% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 11.5% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 12.8%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 11.5%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCEECC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CEC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CDEBD0 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCEECC Nearest web-safe: #CCFFCC

Gradient to complement

#CDEBD0 #D2E6D4 #D7E1D8 #DCDCDC #E1D7E0 #E6D2E4 #EBCDE8

Color vision previews

Compare how #CDEBD0 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.

#ECE5CF

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.

#E7E2D1

Tritanopia

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

#CAE9E3

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.

#E2E7D0

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.

#DFE5D1

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CEEAD7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E3E3E3

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.

#D8E7DA

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 0.61050 G 0.83077 B 0.63076

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 0.82643 G 0.91798 B 0.82376

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.64960 G 0.82346 B 0.64489

CIE xyY

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

x 0.309 y 0.359 Y 76.949

CMY

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

C % 19.608 M % 7.843 Y % 18.431

Binary RGB

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

11001101 11101011 11010000