#D5BBDB

sRGB: 213 / 187 / 219

Thunderous oceans dance upon still waters
Restless constellations shimmer across boundless heavens
Fierce revelations defy the passing ages

#D5BBDB belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 213 red, 187 green and 219 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 288.8° lands in the magenta region. Its 30.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.6% 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 (11.96:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 213, 187, 219
HSL: 288.75°, 30.77%, 79.61%
HSV / HSB: 288.75°, 14.61%, 85.88%
CMYK (approx.): 2.74%, 14.61%, 0.00%, 14.12%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 57.994, 54.802, 74.543
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 78.927, 14.919, -12.591
WCAG relative luminance: 0.54801
24-bit decimal: 14007259

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 #D5BBDB 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: 11.96:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.76:1

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

#C1DBBB sits half a turn (180°) from #D5BBDB 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.

#D5BBDB #C1DBBB

Analogous

#C5BBDB and #DBBBD1 sit 30° to either side of #D5BBDB. 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.

#C5BBDB #D5BBDB #DBBBD1

Triadic

#D5BBDB, #DBD5BB and #BBDBD5 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#D5BBDB #DBD5BB #BBDBD5

Split complementary

Start at #D5BBDB and look across the wheel. #D1DBBB and #BBDBC5 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#D5BBDB #D1DBBB #BBDBC5

Square

Starting with #D5BBDB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DBC5BB, #C1DBBB, then #BBD1DB. Across the square, #D5BBDB pairs with #C1DBBB, and #DBC5BB with #BBD1DB.

#D5BBDB #DBC5BB #C1DBBB #BBD1DB

Tetradic

#D5BBDB and #C1DBBB are opposites, as are #DBBBC1 and #BBDBD5. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#D5BBDB #DBBBC1 #C1DBBB #BBDBD5

Tints

Mixing #D5BBDB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DDC9E2, keeps 80% of the original. By #F7F1F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#D5BBDB #DDC9E2 #E6D6E9 #EEE4F1 #F7F1F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #D5BBDB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AA96AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #2B252C, the mixture is 80% black.

#D5BBDB #AA96AF #807083 #554B58 #2B252C #000000

Tones

Mixing #D5BBDB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C4AFC9, keeps 80% of the original. By #918C92, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#D5BBDB #C4AFC9 #B3A3B7 #A298A4 #918C92 #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

#D5BBDB

RGB

rgb(213 187 219)

HSL

hsl(288.750 30.769% 79.608%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #D5BBDB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#D5BBDB uses 213 red, 187 green and 219 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 83.5%

Green 73.3%

Blue 85.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #D5BBDB is 2.7% cyan, 14.6% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 14.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 2.7%

Magenta 14.6%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 14.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDBBDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DBD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #D5BBDB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#D5BBDB #D2C0D6 #CEC6D0 #CBCBCB #C8D0C6 #C4D6C0 #C1DBBB

Color vision previews

Compare how #D5BBDB 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.

#B8C2DC

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.

#BDC4DA

Tritanopia

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

#D6BEC6

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.

#C3C0DC

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.

#C5C1DA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D4BDD4

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C3C3C3

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.

#CCBFD0

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 0.66539 G 0.49693 B 0.70838

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 0.81840 G 0.73702 B 0.85014

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.63548 G 0.50252 B 0.69233

CIE xyY

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

x 0.310 y 0.293 Y 54.802

CMY

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

C % 16.471 M % 26.667 Y % 14.118

Binary RGB

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

11010101 10111011 11011011