#D3CAEE

sRGB: 211 / 202 / 238

Thunderous oceans wander through twilight
Majestic waterfalls awaken beneath celestial skies
Infinite wonders transcend the limits of dreams

#D3CAEE belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 211 red, 202 green and 238 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 255.0° lands in the violet region. Its 51.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.3% 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 (13.45:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 211, 202, 238
HSL: 255.00°, 51.43%, 86.27%
HSV / HSB: 255.00°, 15.13%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 11.34%, 15.13%, 0.00%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 63.414, 62.263, 89.569
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.053, 9.953, -16.603
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62263
24-bit decimal: 13880046

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 #D3CAEE 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: 13.45:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.56:1

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

#E5EECA sits half a turn (180°) from #D3CAEE 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.

#D3CAEE #E5EECA

Analogous

#CAD3EE and #E5CAEE sit 30° to either side of #D3CAEE. 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.

#CAD3EE #D3CAEE #E5CAEE

Triadic

#D3CAEE, #EED3CA and #CAEED3 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#D3CAEE #EED3CA #CAEED3

Split complementary

Start at #D3CAEE and look across the wheel. #EEE5CA and #D3EECA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#D3CAEE #EEE5CA #D3EECA

Square

Starting with #D3CAEE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EECAD3, #E5EECA, then #CAEEE5. Across the square, #D3CAEE pairs with #E5EECA, and #EECAD3 with #CAEEE5.

#D3CAEE #EECAD3 #E5EECA #CAEEE5

Tetradic

#D3CAEE and #E5EECA are opposites, as are #EECAE5 and #CAEED3. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#D3CAEE #EECAE5 #E5EECA #CAEED3

Tints

Mixing #D3CAEE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DCD5F1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F6F4FC, the mixture is 80% white.

#D3CAEE #DCD5F1 #E5DFF5 #EDEAF8 #F6F4FC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #D3CAEE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A9A2BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #2A2830, the mixture is 80% black.

#D3CAEE #A9A2BE #7F798F #54515F #2A2830 #000000

Tones

Mixing #D3CAEE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C2BBD8, keeps 80% of the original. By #918F96, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#D3CAEE #C2BBD8 #B2ACC2 #A19EAC #918F96 #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

#D3CAEE

RGB

rgb(211 202 238)

HSL

hsl(255.000 51.429% 86.275%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #D3CAEE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#D3CAEE uses 211 red, 202 green and 238 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 82.7%

Green 79.2%

Blue 93.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #D3CAEE is 11.3% cyan, 15.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 11.3%

Magenta 15.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 6.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCCCEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CCE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #D3CAEE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCCCEE Nearest web-safe: #CCCCFF

Gradient to complement

#D3CAEE #D6D0E8 #D9D6E2 #DCDCDC #DFE2D6 #E2E8D0 #E5EECA

Color vision previews

Compare how #D3CAEE 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.

#C3CFF0

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.

#C4CEED

Tritanopia

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

#CECFD6

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.

#C9CDEF

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.

#C9CDED

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D1CCE6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CFCFCF

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.

#D1CCDF

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 0.59062 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 0.82133 G 0.79336 B 0.92235

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.64061 G 0.59264 B 0.83237

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 0.289 Y 62.263

CMY

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

C % 17.255 M % 20.784 Y % 6.667

Binary RGB

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

11010011 11001010 11101110