#CEBCD2

sRGB: 206 / 188 / 210

Celestial flames fracture ancient heavens
Restless constellations thunder through timeless canyons
Fierce revelations disappear into mist

#CEBCD2 belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 206 red, 188 green and 210 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 289.1° lands in the magenta region. Its 19.6% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 78.0% 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 (11.75:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 206, 188, 210
HSL: 289.09°, 19.64%, 78.04%
HSV / HSB: 289.09°, 10.48%, 82.35%
CMYK (approx.): 1.90%, 10.48%, 0.00%, 17.65%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 55.067, 53.742, 68.447
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 78.311, 10.315, -8.711
WCAG relative luminance: 0.53741
24-bit decimal: 13548754

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 #CEBCD2 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: 11.75:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.79:1

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

#C0D2BC sits half a turn (180°) from #CEBCD2 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.

#CEBCD2 #C0D2BC

Analogous

#C3BCD2 and #D2BCCB sit 30° to either side of #CEBCD2. 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.

#C3BCD2 #CEBCD2 #D2BCCB

Triadic

#CEBCD2, #D2CEBC and #BCD2CE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CEBCD2 #D2CEBC #BCD2CE

Split complementary

Start at #CEBCD2 and look across the wheel. #CBD2BC and #BCD2C3 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CEBCD2 #CBD2BC #BCD2C3

Square

Starting with #CEBCD2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D2C3BC, #C0D2BC, then #BCCBD2. Across the square, #CEBCD2 pairs with #C0D2BC, and #D2C3BC with #BCCBD2.

#CEBCD2 #D2C3BC #C0D2BC #BCCBD2

Tetradic

#CEBCD2 and #C0D2BC are opposites, as are #D2BCC0 and #BCD2CE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CEBCD2 #D2BCC0 #C0D2BC #BCD2CE

Tints

Mixing #CEBCD2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8C9DB, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F2F6, the mixture is 80% white.

#CEBCD2 #D8C9DB #E2D7E4 #EBE4ED #F5F2F6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CEBCD2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A596A8, keeps 80% of the original. By #29262A, the mixture is 80% black.

#CEBCD2 #A596A8 #7C717E #524B54 #29262A #000000

Tones

Mixing #CEBCD2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEB0C2, keeps 80% of the original. By #908C90, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CEBCD2 #BEB0C2 #AFA4B1 #9F98A1 #908C90 #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

#CEBCD2

RGB

rgb(206 188 210)

HSL

hsl(289.091 19.643% 78.039%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CEBCD2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CEBCD2 uses 206 red, 188 green and 210 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.8%

Green 73.7%

Blue 82.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CEBCD2 is 1.9% cyan, 10.5% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 17.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.9%

Magenta 10.5%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 17.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCBBCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CBC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CEBCD2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#CEBCD2 #CCC0CE #C9C3CB #C7C7C7 #C5CBC3 #C2CEC0 #C0D2BC

Color vision previews

Compare how #CEBCD2 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.

#BAC0D3

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.

#BEC2D1

Tritanopia

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

#CFBEC3

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.

#C1BFD2

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.

#C3C0D1

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CDBDCD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C2C2C2

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.

#C8BFCA

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 0.61721 G 0.50289 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 0.79591 G 0.73974 B 0.81741

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.59691 G 0.50668 B 0.63376

CIE xyY

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

x 0.311 y 0.303 Y 53.742

CMY

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

C % 19.216 M % 26.275 Y % 17.647

Binary RGB

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

11001110 10111100 11010010