#CDECBC

sRGB: 205 / 236 / 188

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Immortal legends thunder through timeless canyons
Eternal flames awaken sleeping galaxies

#CDECBC belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 236 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 98.8° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 55.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.1% 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 (16.32:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 236, 188
HSL: 98.75°, 55.81%, 83.14%
HSV / HSB: 98.75°, 20.34%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 13.14%, 0.00%, 20.34%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 64.247, 76.600, 58.979
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.137, -18.679, 19.973
WCAG relative luminance: 0.76601
24-bit decimal: 13495484

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 #CDECBC 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: 16.32:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.29:1

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

#DBBCEC sits half a turn (180°) from #CDECBC 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.

#CDECBC #DBBCEC

Analogous

#E5ECBC and #BCECC3 sit 30° to either side of #CDECBC. 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.

#E5ECBC #CDECBC #BCECC3

Triadic

#CDECBC, #BCCDEC and #ECBCCD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CDECBC #BCCDEC #ECBCCD

Split complementary

Start at #CDECBC and look across the wheel. #C3BCEC and #ECBCE5 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CDECBC #C3BCEC #ECBCE5

Square

Starting with #CDECBC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BCE5EC, #DBBCEC, then #ECC3BC. Across the square, #CDECBC pairs with #DBBCEC, and #BCE5EC with #ECC3BC.

#CDECBC #BCE5EC #DBBCEC #ECC3BC

Tetradic

#CDECBC and #DBBCEC are opposites, as are #BCECDB and #ECBCCD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CDECBC #BCECDB #DBBCEC #ECBCCD

Tints

Mixing #CDECBC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7F0C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5FBF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#CDECBC #D7F0C9 #E1F4D7 #EBF7E4 #F5FBF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CDECBC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A4BD96, keeps 80% of the original. By #292F26, the mixture is 80% black.

#CDECBC #A4BD96 #7B8E71 #525E4B #292F26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CDECBC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BED6B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F968C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CDECBC #BED6B0 #AEC1A4 #9FAB98 #8F968C #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

#CDECBC

RGB

rgb(205 236 188)

HSL

hsl(98.750 55.814% 83.137%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CDECBC uses 205 red, 236 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 92.5%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CDECBC is 13.1% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 20.3% yellow and 7.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 13.1%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 20.3%

Black 7.5%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#CDECBC #CFE4C4 #D2DCCC #D4D4D4 #D6CCDC #D9C4E4 #DBBCEC

Color vision previews

Compare how #CDECBC 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.

#F0E4B9

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.

#EBE2BE

Tritanopia

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

#CDE8DF

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.

#E5E7BB

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.

#E3E5BD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CFEAC9

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.

#D8E7D1

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 0.83880 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 0.82724 G 0.92179 B 0.75417

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.65103 G 0.83122 B 0.52904

CIE xyY

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

x 0.322 y 0.383 Y 76.600

CMY

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

C % 19.608 M % 7.451 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

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

11001101 11101100 10111100