#CEDFDC

sRGB: 206 / 223 / 220

Celestial flames fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Fierce revelations awaken sleeping galaxies

#CEDFDC belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 206 red, 223 green and 220 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 169.4° lands in the cyan region. Its 21.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.1% 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 (15.21:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 206, 223, 220
HSL: 169.41°, 20.99%, 84.12%
HSV / HSB: 169.41°, 7.62%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 7.62%, 0.00%, 1.35%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 64.756, 71.064, 78.018
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 87.516, -6.223, -0.479
WCAG relative luminance: 0.71064
24-bit decimal: 13557724

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 #CEDFDC 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: 15.21:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.38:1

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

#DFCED1 sits half a turn (180°) from #CEDFDC 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.

#CEDFDC #DFCED1

Analogous

#CEDFD4 and #CED9DF sit 30° to either side of #CEDFDC. 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.

#CEDFD4 #CEDFDC #CED9DF

Triadic

#CEDFDC, #DCCEDF and #DFDCCE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CEDFDC #DCCEDF #DFDCCE

Split complementary

Start at #CEDFDC and look across the wheel. #DFCED9 and #DFD4CE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CEDFDC #DFCED9 #DFD4CE

Square

Starting with #CEDFDC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D4CEDF, #DFCED1, then #DADFCE. Across the square, #CEDFDC pairs with #DFCED1, and #D4CEDF with #DADFCE.

#CEDFDC #D4CEDF #DFCED1 #DADFCE

Tetradic

#CEDFDC and #DFCED1 are opposites, as are #CED1DF and #DFDCCE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CEDFDC #CED1DF #DFCED1 #DFDCCE

Tints

Mixing #CEDFDC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8E5E3, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F9F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#CEDFDC #D8E5E3 #E2ECEA #EBF2F1 #F5F9F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CEDFDC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A5B2B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #292D2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#CEDFDC #A5B2B0 #7C8684 #525958 #292D2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #CEDFDC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BECCCA, keeps 80% of the original. By #909392, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CEDFDC #BECCCA #AFB9B7 #9FA6A5 #909392 #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

#CEDFDC

RGB

rgb(206 223 220)

HSL

hsl(169.412 20.988% 84.118%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CEDFDC uses 206 red, 223 green and 220 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.8%

Green 87.5%

Blue 86.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CEDFDC is 7.6% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 1.3% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.6%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 1.3%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#CEDFDC #D1DCDA #D4D9D8 #D7D7D7 #D9D4D5 #DCD1D3 #DFCED1

Color vision previews

Compare how #CEDFDC 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.

#DDDDDC

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.

#DADADC

Tritanopia

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

#CAE0DE

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.

#D8DDDC

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.

#D6DCDC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CEDFDD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DBDBDB

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.

#D5DDDC

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 0.73791 B 0.71569

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 0.82020 G 0.87240 B 0.86271

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.63864 G 0.73390 B 0.71562

CIE xyY

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

x 0.303 y 0.332 Y 71.064

CMY

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

C % 19.216 M % 12.549 Y % 13.725

Binary RGB

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

11001110 11011111 11011100