#CEDBAE

sRGB: 206 / 219 / 174

Celestial flames fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions shimmer across boundless heavens
Brilliant stars transcend the limits of dreams

#CEDBAE belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 206 red, 219 green and 174 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 77.3° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 38.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.1% 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 (14.37:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 206, 219, 174
HSL: 77.33°, 38.46%, 77.06%
HSV / HSB: 77.33°, 20.55%, 85.88%
CMYK (approx.): 5.94%, 0.00%, 20.55%, 14.12%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 58.423, 66.841, 49.870
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.423, -12.042, 20.713
WCAG relative luminance: 0.66841
24-bit decimal: 13556654

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 #CEDBAE 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: 14.37:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.46:1

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

#BBAEDB sits half a turn (180°) from #CEDBAE 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.

#CEDBAE #BBAEDB

Analogous

#DBD1AE and #B8DBAE sit 30° to either side of #CEDBAE. 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.

#DBD1AE #CEDBAE #B8DBAE

Triadic

#CEDBAE, #AECEDB and #DBAECE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CEDBAE #AECEDB #DBAECE

Split complementary

Start at #CEDBAE and look across the wheel. #AEB8DB and #D1AEDB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CEDBAE #AEB8DB #D1AEDB

Square

Starting with #CEDBAE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AEDBD1, #BBAEDB, then #DBAEB8. Across the square, #CEDBAE pairs with #BBAEDB, and #AEDBD1 with #DBAEB8.

#CEDBAE #AEDBD1 #BBAEDB #DBAEB8

Tetradic

#CEDBAE and #BBAEDB are opposites, as are #AEDBBB and #DBAECE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CEDBAE #AEDBBB #BBAEDB #DBAECE

Tints

Mixing #CEDBAE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8E2BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F8EF, the mixture is 80% white.

#CEDBAE #D8E2BE #E2E9CE #EBF1DF #F5F8EF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CEDBAE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A5AF8B, keeps 80% of the original. By #292C23, the mixture is 80% black.

#CEDBAE #A5AF8B #7C8368 #525846 #292C23 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CEDBAE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEC9A5, keeps 80% of the original. By #909289, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CEDBAE #BEC9A5 #AFB79C #9FA492 #909289 #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

#CEDBAE

RGB

rgb(206 219 174)

HSL

hsl(77.333 38.462% 77.059%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CEDBAE uses 206 red, 219 green and 174 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.8%

Green 85.9%

Blue 68.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CEDBAE is 5.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 20.5% yellow and 14.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 5.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 20.5%

Black 14.1%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#CEDBAE #CBD4B6 #C8CCBD #C5C5C5 #C1BDCC #BEB6D4 #BBAEDB

Color vision previews

Compare how #CEDBAE 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.

#E1D6AB

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.

#DFD6B0

Tritanopia

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

#D2D6CF

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.

#DBD7AD

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.

#DAD7AF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D0D9BB

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D5D5D5

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.

#D2D8C3

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 0.70838 B 0.42327

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 0.81720 G 0.85719 B 0.69946

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.63339 G 0.70535 B 0.44722

CIE xyY

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

x 0.334 y 0.382 Y 66.841

CMY

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

C % 19.216 M % 14.118 Y % 31.765

Binary RGB

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

11001110 11011011 10101110