#CEBDA2

sRGB: 206 / 189 / 162

Celestial flames fracture ancient heavens
Restless constellations illuminate forgotten empires
Brilliant stars disappear into mist

#CEBDA2 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 206 red, 189 green and 162 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 36.8° lands in the orange region. Its 31.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 72.2% 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 (11.43:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 206, 189, 162
HSL: 36.82°, 30.99%, 72.16%
HSV / HSB: 36.82°, 21.36%, 80.78%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 8.25%, 21.36%, 19.22%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 50.171, 52.126, 41.602
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 77.356, 1.691, 15.842
WCAG relative luminance: 0.52126
24-bit decimal: 13548962

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 #CEBDA2 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: 11.43:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.84:1

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

#A2B3CE sits half a turn (180°) from #CEBDA2 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.

#CEBDA2 #A2B3CE

Analogous

#CEA7A2 and #C9CEA2 sit 30° to either side of #CEBDA2. 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.

#CEA7A2 #CEBDA2 #C9CEA2

Triadic

#CEBDA2, #A2CEBD and #BDA2CE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CEBDA2 #A2CEBD #BDA2CE

Split complementary

Start at #CEBDA2 and look across the wheel. #A2C9CE and #A7A2CE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CEBDA2 #A2C9CE #A7A2CE

Square

Starting with #CEBDA2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A2CEA7, #A2B3CE, then #CEA2C9. Across the square, #CEBDA2 pairs with #A2B3CE, and #A2CEA7 with #CEA2C9.

#CEBDA2 #A2CEA7 #A2B3CE #CEA2C9

Tetradic

#CEBDA2 and #A2B3CE are opposites, as are #B3CEA2 and #BDA2CE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CEBDA2 #B3CEA2 #A2B3CE #BDA2CE

Tints

Mixing #CEBDA2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8CAB5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F2EC, the mixture is 80% white.

#CEBDA2 #D8CAB5 #E2D7C7 #EBE5DA #F5F2EC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CEBDA2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A59782, keeps 80% of the original. By #292620, the mixture is 80% black.

#CEBDA2 #A59782 #7C7161 #524C41 #292620 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CEBDA2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEB19B, keeps 80% of the original. By #908C87, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CEBDA2 #BEB19B #AFA594 #9F988E #908C87 #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

#CEBDA2

RGB

rgb(206 189 162)

HSL

hsl(36.818 30.986% 72.157%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CEBDA2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CEBDA2 uses 206 red, 189 green and 162 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.8%

Green 74.1%

Blue 63.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CEBDA2 is 0.0% cyan, 8.3% magenta, 21.4% yellow and 19.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 8.3%

Yellow 21.4%

Black 19.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCBBAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CBA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CEBDA2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCBBAA Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#CEBDA2 #C7BBA9 #BFBAB1 #B8B8B8 #B1B6BF #A9B5C7 #A2B3CE

Color vision previews

Compare how #CEBDA2 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.

#C5BDA0

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.

#C9C1A3

Tritanopia

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

#D6B8B5

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.

#C8BDA1

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.

#CABFA2

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CFBCAA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#BFBFBF

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.

#C7BEB1

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 0.50888 B 0.36131

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 0.79654 G 0.74352 B 0.64714

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.59797 G 0.51248 B 0.37636

CIE xyY

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

x 0.349 y 0.362 Y 52.126

CMY

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

C % 19.216 M % 25.882 Y % 36.471

Binary RGB

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

11001110 10111101 10100010