#D2EEEE

sRGB: 210 / 238 / 238

Thunderous oceans drift beyond memory
Immortal legends transcend the boundaries of time
Infinite wonders transcend the limits of dreams

#D2EEEE belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 210 red, 238 green and 238 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 180.0° lands in the cyan region. Its 45.2% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 87.8% 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 (17.20:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 210, 238, 238
HSL: 180.00°, 45.16%, 87.84%
HSV / HSB: 180.00°, 11.76%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 11.76%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 72.582, 81.023, 92.707
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.142, -9.109, -3.095
WCAG relative luminance: 0.81024
24-bit decimal: 13823726

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 #D2EEEE 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: 17.20:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.22:1

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

#EED2D2 sits half a turn (180°) from #D2EEEE 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.

#D2EEEE #EED2D2

Analogous

#D2EEE0 and #D2E0EE sit 30° to either side of #D2EEEE. 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.

#D2EEE0 #D2EEEE #D2E0EE

Triadic

#D2EEEE, #EED2EE and #EEEED2 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#D2EEEE #EED2EE #EEEED2

Split complementary

Start at #D2EEEE and look across the wheel. #EED2E0 and #EEE0D2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#D2EEEE #EED2E0 #EEE0D2

Square

Starting with #D2EEEE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E0D2EE, #EED2D2, then #E0EED2. Across the square, #D2EEEE pairs with #EED2D2, and #E0D2EE with #E0EED2.

#D2EEEE #E0D2EE #EED2D2 #E0EED2

Tetradic

#D2EEEE and #EED2D2 are opposites, as are #D2D2EE and #EEEED2. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#D2EEEE #D2D2EE #EED2D2 #EEEED2

Tints

Mixing #D2EEEE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DBF1F1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F6FCFC, the mixture is 80% white.

#D2EEEE #DBF1F1 #E4F5F5 #EDF8F8 #F6FCFC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #D2EEEE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A8BEBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #2A3030, the mixture is 80% black.

#D2EEEE #A8BEBE #7E8F8F #545F5F #2A3030 #000000

Tones

Mixing #D2EEEE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C2D8D8, keeps 80% of the original. By #909696, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#D2EEEE #C2D8D8 #B1C2C2 #A1ACAC #909696 #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

#D2EEEE

RGB

rgb(210 238 238)

HSL

hsl(180.000 45.161% 87.843%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #D2EEEE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#D2EEEE uses 210 red, 238 green and 238 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 82.4%

Green 93.3%

Blue 93.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #D2EEEE is 11.8% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 11.8%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 6.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCEEEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CEE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #D2EEEE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFFFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCEEEE Nearest web-safe: #CCFFFF

Gradient to complement

#D2EEEE #D7E9E9 #DBE5E5 #E0E0E0 #E5DBDB #E9D7D7 #EED2D2

Color vision previews

Compare how #D2EEEE 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.

#EAEBEE

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.

#E4E7EE

Tritanopia

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

#CAF0EE

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.

#E2ECEE

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.

#DFE9EE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D1EEEE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E8E8E8

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.

#DEEBEB

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 0.64448 G 0.85499 B 0.85499

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 0.84441 G 0.92996 B 0.93160

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.68185 G 0.84800 B 0.85140

CIE xyY

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

x 0.295 y 0.329 Y 81.023

CMY

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

C % 17.647 M % 6.667 Y % 6.667

Binary RGB

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

11010010 11101110 11101110