#D7BBCA

sRGB: 215 / 187 / 202

Thunderous oceans awaken with sunrise
Restless constellations shimmer across boundless heavens
Boundless spirits illuminate hidden worlds

#D7BBCA belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 215 red, 187 green and 202 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 327.9° lands in the rose region. Its 25.9% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 78.8% 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 (11.85:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 215, 187, 202
HSL: 327.86°, 25.93%, 78.82%
HSV / HSB: 327.86°, 13.02%, 84.31%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 13.02%, 6.05%, 15.69%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 56.453, 54.253, 63.377
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 78.609, 12.499, -3.858
WCAG relative luminance: 0.54252
24-bit decimal: 14138314

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 #D7BBCA 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: 11.85:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.77:1

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

#BBD7C8 sits half a turn (180°) from #D7BBCA 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.

#D7BBCA #BBD7C8

Analogous

#D6BBD7 and #D7BBBC sit 30° to either side of #D7BBCA. 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.

#D6BBD7 #D7BBCA #D7BBBC

Triadic

#D7BBCA, #CAD7BB and #BBCAD7 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#D7BBCA #CAD7BB #BBCAD7

Split complementary

Start at #D7BBCA and look across the wheel. #BCD7BB and #BBD7D6 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#D7BBCA #BCD7BB #BBD7D6

Square

Starting with #D7BBCA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D7D6BB, #BBD7C8, then #BBBCD7. Across the square, #D7BBCA pairs with #BBD7C8, and #D7D6BB with #BBBCD7.

#D7BBCA #D7D6BB #BBD7C8 #BBBCD7

Tetradic

#D7BBCA and #BBD7C8 are opposites, as are #D7C8BB and #BBCAD7. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#D7BBCA #D7C8BB #BBD7C8 #BBCAD7

Tints

Mixing #D7BBCA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DFC9D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F7F1F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#D7BBCA #DFC9D5 #E7D6DF #EFE4EA #F7F1F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #D7BBCA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AC96A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #2B2528, the mixture is 80% black.

#D7BBCA #AC96A2 #817079 #564B51 #2B2528 #000000

Tones

Mixing #D7BBCA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C6AFBB, keeps 80% of the original. By #918C8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#D7BBCA #C6AFBB #B4A3AC #A3989E #918C8F #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

#D7BBCA

RGB

rgb(215 187 202)

HSL

hsl(327.857 25.926% 78.824%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #D7BBCA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#D7BBCA uses 215 red, 187 green and 202 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 84.3%

Green 73.3%

Blue 79.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #D7BBCA is 0.0% cyan, 13.0% magenta, 6.0% yellow and 15.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 13.0%

Yellow 6.0%

Black 15.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDBBCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DBC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #D7BBCA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#D7BBCA #D2C0CA #CEC4C9 #C9C9C9 #C4CEC9 #C0D2C8 #BBD7C8

Color vision previews

Compare how #D7BBCA 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.

#BCC0CB

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.

#C3C4C9

Tritanopia

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

#DBBBC0

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.

#C6BFCA

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.

#C9C1C9

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D7BCC6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C2C2C2

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.

#CDBFC6

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 0.67954 G 0.49693 B 0.59062

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 0.82503 G 0.73733 B 0.78900

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.64712 G 0.50299 B 0.58536

CIE xyY

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

x 0.324 y 0.312 Y 54.253

CMY

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

C % 15.686 M % 26.667 Y % 20.784

Binary RGB

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

11010111 10111011 11001010