#CED2BC

sRGB: 206 / 210 / 188

Celestial flames fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions tremble in empty gardens
Eternal flames awaken sleeping galaxies

#CED2BC belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 206 red, 210 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 70.9° lands in the yellow 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 (13.57:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 206, 210, 188
HSL: 70.91°, 19.64%, 78.04%
HSV / HSB: 70.91°, 10.48%, 82.35%
CMYK (approx.): 1.90%, 0.00%, 10.48%, 17.65%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 57.575, 62.846, 56.676
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.361, -5.220, 10.441
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62846
24-bit decimal: 13554364

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 #CED2BC 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: 13.57:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.55:1

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

#C0BCD2 sits half a turn (180°) from #CED2BC 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.

#CED2BC #C0BCD2

Analogous

#D2CBBC and #C3D2BC sit 30° to either side of #CED2BC. 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.

#D2CBBC #CED2BC #C3D2BC

Triadic

#CED2BC, #BCCED2 and #D2BCCE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CED2BC #BCCED2 #D2BCCE

Split complementary

Start at #CED2BC and look across the wheel. #BCC3D2 and #CBBCD2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CED2BC #BCC3D2 #CBBCD2

Square

Starting with #CED2BC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BCD2CB, #C0BCD2, then #D2BCC3. Across the square, #CED2BC pairs with #C0BCD2, and #BCD2CB with #D2BCC3.

#CED2BC #BCD2CB #C0BCD2 #D2BCC3

Tetradic

#CED2BC and #C0BCD2 are opposites, as are #BCD2C0 and #D2BCCE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CED2BC #BCD2C0 #C0BCD2 #D2BCCE

Tints

Mixing #CED2BC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8DBC9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F6F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#CED2BC #D8DBC9 #E2E4D7 #EBEDE4 #F5F6F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CED2BC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A5A896, keeps 80% of the original. By #292A26, the mixture is 80% black.

#CED2BC #A5A896 #7C7E71 #52544B #292A26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CED2BC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEC2B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #90908C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CED2BC #BEC2B0 #AFB1A4 #9FA198 #90908C #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

#CED2BC

RGB

rgb(206 210 188)

HSL

hsl(70.909 19.643% 78.039%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CED2BC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CED2BC uses 206 red, 210 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.8%

Green 82.4%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CED2BC is 1.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 10.5% yellow and 17.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 10.5%

Black 17.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCCCBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CCB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CED2BC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#CED2BC #CCCEC0 #C9CBC3 #C7C7C7 #C5C3CB #C2C0CE #C0BCD2

Color vision previews

Compare how #CED2BC 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.

#D6CFBB

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.

#D5D0BD

Tritanopia

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

#D1CFCC

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.

#D3D0BB

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.

#D3D1BC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CFD1C2

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D0D0D0

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.

#CFD1C6

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 0.64448 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 0.81066 G 0.82301 B 0.74521

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.62205 G 0.64357 B 0.51509

CIE xyY

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

x 0.325 y 0.355 Y 62.846

CMY

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

C % 19.216 M % 17.647 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

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

11001110 11010010 10111100