#CECDCD

sRGB · 206 / 205 / 205

#CECDCD belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 206 red, 205 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 0.0° lands in the red region. Its 1.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.6% 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 (13.24:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 206, 205, 205
HSL: 0.00°, 1.01%, 80.59%
HSV / HSB: 0.00°, 0.49%, 80.78%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.49%, 0.49%, 19.22%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 58.302, 61.192, 66.499
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.482, 0.343, 0.121
WCAG relative luminance: 0.61192
24-bit decimal: 13553101

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 #CECDCD 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 · 13.24:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.59:1

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. 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

#CDCECE sits half a turn (180°) from #CECDCD 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.

#CECDCD #CDCECE

Analogous

#CECDCE and #CECECD sit 30° to either side of #CECDCD. 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.

#CECDCE #CECDCD #CECECD

Triadic

#CECDCD, #CDCECD and #CDCDCE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CECDCD #CDCECD #CDCDCE

Split complementary

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

#CECDCD #CDCECE #CDCECE

Square

Starting with #CECDCD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CECECD, #CDCECE, then #CECDCE. Across the square, #CECDCD pairs with #CDCECE, and #CECECD with #CECDCE.

#CECDCD #CECECD #CDCECE #CECDCE

Tetradic

#CECDCD and #CDCECE are opposites, as are #CECECD and #CDCDCE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CECDCD #CECECD #CDCECE #CDCDCE

Tints

Mixing #CECDCD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8D7D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F5F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#CECDCD #D8D7D7 #E2E1E1 #EBEBEB #F5F5F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CECDCD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A5A4A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #292929, the mixture is 80% black.

#CECDCD #A5A4A4 #7C7B7B #525252 #292929 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CECDCD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEBEBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #908F8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CECDCD #BEBEBE #AFAEAE #9F9F9F #908F8F #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

#CECDCD

RGB

rgb(206 205 205)

HSL

hsl(0.000 1.010% 80.588%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CECDCD uses 206 red, 205 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.8%

Green 80.4%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CECDCD is 0.0% cyan, 0.5% magenta, 0.5% yellow and 19.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 0.5%

Yellow 0.5%

Black 19.2%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand · #CCCCCC Nearest web-safe · #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#CECDCD #CECDCD #CECDCD #CECECE #CDCECE #CDCECE #CDCECE

Color vision previews

Compare how #CECDCD 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.

#CDCDCD

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.

#CDCDCD

Tritanopia

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

#CECDCD

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.

#CDCDCD

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.

#CECDCD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CECDCD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CDCDCD

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.

#CECDCD

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 0.61050 B 0.61050

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 0.80715 G 0.80405 B 0.80399

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.61602 G 0.61072 B 0.61061

CIE xyY

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

x 0.313 y 0.329 Y 61.192

CMY

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

C % 19.216 M % 19.608 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11001110 11001101 11001101