#CDECD4

sRGB: 205 / 236 / 212

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Immortal legends thunder through timeless canyons
Fierce revelations drift toward tomorrow

#CDECD4 belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 236 green and 212 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 133.5° lands in the green region. Its 44.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.5% 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 (16.54:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 236, 212
HSL: 133.55°, 44.93%, 86.47%
HSV / HSB: 133.55°, 13.14%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 13.14%, 0.00%, 10.17%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 67.053, 77.723, 73.759
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.653, -14.605, 8.247
WCAG relative luminance: 0.77724
24-bit decimal: 13495508

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 #CDECD4 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: 16.54:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.27:1

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

#ECCDE5 sits half a turn (180°) from #CDECD4 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.

#CDECD4 #ECCDE5

Analogous

#D6ECCD and #CDECE3 sit 30° to either side of #CDECD4. 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.

#D6ECCD #CDECD4 #CDECE3

Triadic

#CDECD4, #D4CDEC and #ECD4CD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CDECD4 #D4CDEC #ECD4CD

Split complementary

Start at #CDECD4 and look across the wheel. #E3CDEC and #ECCDD6 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CDECD4 #E3CDEC #ECCDD6

Square

Starting with #CDECD4, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CDD6EC, #ECCDE5, then #ECE3CD. Across the square, #CDECD4 pairs with #ECCDE5, and #CDD6EC with #ECE3CD.

#CDECD4 #CDD6EC #ECCDE5 #ECE3CD

Tetradic

#CDECD4 and #ECCDE5 are opposites, as are #CDE5EC and #ECD4CD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CDECD4 #CDE5EC #ECCDE5 #ECD4CD

Tints

Mixing #CDECD4 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7F0DD, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5FBF6, the mixture is 80% white.

#CDECD4 #D7F0DD #E1F4E5 #EBF7EE #F5FBF6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CDECD4 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A4BDAA, keeps 80% of the original. By #292F2A, the mixture is 80% black.

#CDECD4 #A4BDAA #7B8E7F #525E55 #292F2A #000000

Tones

Mixing #CDECD4 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BED6C3, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F9691, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CDECD4 #BED6C3 #AEC1B2 #9FABA2 #8F9691 #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

#CDECD4

RGB

rgb(205 236 212)

HSL

hsl(133.548 44.928% 86.471%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CDECD4;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CDECD4 uses 205 red, 236 green and 212 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 92.5%

Blue 83.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CDECD4 is 13.1% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 10.2% 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 10.2%

Black 7.5%

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 #CDECD4 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

#CDECD4 #D2E7D7 #D7E2DA #DDDDDD #E2D7DF #E7D2E2 #ECCDE5

Color vision previews

Compare how #CDECD4 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.

#ECE6D3

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.

#E7E3D5

Tritanopia

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

#C9EBE5

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.

#E2E8D4

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.

#E0E6D5

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CEEBDA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E4E4E4

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.

#D9E8DC

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 0.65837

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 0.83820

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.65103 G 0.83122 B 0.67062

CIE xyY

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

x 0.307 y 0.356 Y 77.723

CMY

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

C % 19.608 M % 7.451 Y % 16.863

Binary RGB

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

11001101 11101100 11010100