#D3BBBC

sRGB: 211 / 187 / 188

Thunderous oceans wander through twilight
Restless constellations shimmer across boundless heavens
Eternal flames awaken sleeping galaxies

#D3BBBC belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 211 red, 187 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 357.5° lands in the red region. Its 21.4% 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 (11.60:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 211, 187, 188
HSL: 357.50°, 21.43%, 78.04%
HSV / HSB: 357.50°, 11.37%, 82.75%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 11.37%, 10.90%, 17.25%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 53.709, 53.021, 54.983
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 77.887, 8.686, 2.621
WCAG relative luminance: 0.53020
24-bit decimal: 13876156

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 #D3BBBC 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: 11.60:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.81:1

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

#BBD3D2 sits half a turn (180°) from #D3BBBC 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.

#D3BBBC #BBD3D2

Analogous

#D3BBC8 and #D3C6BB sit 30° to either side of #D3BBBC. 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.

#D3BBC8 #D3BBBC #D3C6BB

Triadic

#D3BBBC, #BCD3BB and #BBBCD3 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#D3BBBC #BCD3BB #BBBCD3

Split complementary

Start at #D3BBBC and look across the wheel. #BBD3C6 and #BBC8D3 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#D3BBBC #BBD3C6 #BBC8D3

Square

Starting with #D3BBBC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C8D3BB, #BBD3D2, then #C6BBD3. Across the square, #D3BBBC pairs with #BBD3D2, and #C8D3BB with #C6BBD3.

#D3BBBC #C8D3BB #BBD3D2 #C6BBD3

Tetradic

#D3BBBC and #BBD3D2 are opposites, as are #D3D2BB and #BBBCD3. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#D3BBBC #D3D2BB #BBD3D2 #BBBCD3

Tints

Mixing #D3BBBC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DCC9C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F6F1F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#D3BBBC #DCC9C9 #E5D6D7 #EDE4E4 #F6F1F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #D3BBBC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A99696, keeps 80% of the original. By #2A2526, the mixture is 80% black.

#D3BBBC #A99696 #7F7071 #544B4B #2A2526 #000000

Tones

Mixing #D3BBBC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C2AFB0, keeps 80% of the original. By #918C8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#D3BBBC #C2AFB0 #B2A3A4 #A19898 #918C8C #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

#D3BBBC

RGB

rgb(211 187 188)

HSL

hsl(357.500 21.429% 78.039%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #D3BBBC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#D3BBBC uses 211 red, 187 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 82.7%

Green 73.3%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #D3BBBC is 0.0% cyan, 11.4% magenta, 10.9% yellow and 17.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 11.4%

Yellow 10.9%

Black 17.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCBBBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CBB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #D3BBBC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#D3BBBC #CFBFC0 #CBC3C3 #C7C7C7 #C3CBCB #BFCFCE #BBD3D2

Color vision previews

Compare how #D3BBBC 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.

#BFBEBC

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.

#C4C2BC

Tritanopia

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

#D8B9BB

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.

#C6BDBC

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.

#C8C0BC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D3BBBC

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C1C1C1

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.

#CABEBE

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 0.65141 G 0.49693 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 0.81178 G 0.73671 B 0.73864

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.62398 G 0.50206 B 0.50499

CIE xyY

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

x 0.332 y 0.328 Y 53.021

CMY

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

C % 17.255 M % 26.667 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

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

11010011 10111011 10111100