#CEDEC6

sRGB: 206 / 222 / 198

Celestial flames fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions transcend the boundaries of time
Boundless spirits find forgotten pathways

#CEDEC6 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 206 red, 222 green and 198 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 100.0° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 26.7% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 82.4% 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 (14.89:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 206, 222, 198
HSL: 100.00°, 26.67%, 82.35%
HSV / HSB: 100.00°, 10.81%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 7.21%, 0.00%, 10.81%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 61.765, 69.441, 63.577
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.722, -9.682, 9.954
WCAG relative luminance: 0.69442
24-bit decimal: 13557446

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 #CEDEC6 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: 14.89:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.41:1

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

#D6C6DE sits half a turn (180°) from #CEDEC6 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.

#CEDEC6 #D6C6DE

Analogous

#DADEC6 and #C6DECA sit 30° to either side of #CEDEC6. 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.

#DADEC6 #CEDEC6 #C6DECA

Triadic

#CEDEC6, #C6CEDE and #DEC6CE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CEDEC6 #C6CEDE #DEC6CE

Split complementary

Start at #CEDEC6 and look across the wheel. #CAC6DE and #DEC6DA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CEDEC6 #CAC6DE #DEC6DA

Square

Starting with #CEDEC6, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C6DADE, #D6C6DE, then #DECAC6. Across the square, #CEDEC6 pairs with #D6C6DE, and #C6DADE with #DECAC6.

#CEDEC6 #C6DADE #D6C6DE #DECAC6

Tetradic

#CEDEC6 and #D6C6DE are opposites, as are #C6DED6 and #DEC6CE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CEDEC6 #C6DED6 #D6C6DE #DEC6CE

Tints

Mixing #CEDEC6 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8E5D1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F8F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#CEDEC6 #D8E5D1 #E2EBDD #EBF2E8 #F5F8F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CEDEC6 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A5B29E, keeps 80% of the original. By #292C28, the mixture is 80% black.

#CEDEC6 #A5B29E #7C8577 #52594F #292C28 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CEDEC6 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BECBB8, keeps 80% of the original. By #90938E, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CEDEC6 #BECBB8 #AFB8AA #9FA69C #90938E #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

#CEDEC6

RGB

rgb(206 222 198)

HSL

hsl(100.000 26.667% 82.353%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CEDEC6;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CEDEC6 uses 206 red, 222 green and 198 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.8%

Green 87.1%

Blue 77.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CEDEC6 is 7.2% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 10.8% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.2%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 10.8%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCDDCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CDC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CEDEC6 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#CEDEC6 #CFDACA #D1D6CE #D2D2D2 #D3CED6 #D5CADA #D6C6DE

Color vision previews

Compare how #CEDEC6 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.

#E0DAC5

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.

#DDD9C7

Tritanopia

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

#CEDCD7

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.

#DADBC6

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.

#D9DAC7

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CFDDCC

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D9D9D9

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.

#D4DCD0

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 0.73046 B 0.56471

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 0.81945 G 0.86860 B 0.78433

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.63731 G 0.72670 B 0.57761

CIE xyY

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

x 0.317 y 0.357 Y 69.441

CMY

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

C % 19.216 M % 12.941 Y % 22.353

Binary RGB

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

11001110 11011110 11000110