#D7BCBC

sRGB: 215 / 188 / 188

Thunderous oceans awaken with sunrise
Restless constellations thunder through timeless canyons
Eternal flames awaken sleeping galaxies

#D7BCBC belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 215 red, 188 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 0.0° lands in the red region. Its 25.2% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.0% 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 (11.81:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 215, 188, 188
HSL: 0.00°, 25.23%, 79.02%
HSV / HSB: 0.00°, 12.56%, 84.31%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 12.56%, 12.56%, 15.69%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 55.082, 54.045, 55.109
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 78.488, 9.590, 3.535
WCAG relative luminance: 0.54044
24-bit decimal: 14138556

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 #D7BCBC 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: 11.81:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.78:1

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

#BCD7D7 sits half a turn (180°) from #D7BCBC 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.

#D7BCBC #BCD7D7

Analogous

#D7BCCA and #D7CABC sit 30° to either side of #D7BCBC. 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.

#D7BCCA #D7BCBC #D7CABC

Triadic

#D7BCBC, #BCD7BC and #BCBCD7 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#D7BCBC #BCD7BC #BCBCD7

Split complementary

Start at #D7BCBC and look across the wheel. #BCD7CA and #BCCAD7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#D7BCBC #BCD7CA #BCCAD7

Square

Starting with #D7BCBC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CAD7BC, #BCD7D7, then #CABCD7. Across the square, #D7BCBC pairs with #BCD7D7, and #CAD7BC with #CABCD7.

#D7BCBC #CAD7BC #BCD7D7 #CABCD7

Tetradic

#D7BCBC and #BCD7D7 are opposites, as are #D7D7BC and #BCBCD7. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#D7BCBC #D7D7BC #BCD7D7 #BCBCD7

Tints

Mixing #D7BCBC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DFC9C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F7F2F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#D7BCBC #DFC9C9 #E7D7D7 #EFE4E4 #F7F2F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #D7BCBC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AC9696, keeps 80% of the original. By #2B2626, the mixture is 80% black.

#D7BCBC #AC9696 #817171 #564B4B #2B2626 #000000

Tones

Mixing #D7BCBC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C6B0B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #918C8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#D7BCBC #C6B0B0 #B4A4A4 #A39898 #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

#D7BCBC

RGB

rgb(215 188 188)

HSL

hsl(0.000 25.234% 79.020%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #D7BCBC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#D7BCBC uses 215 red, 188 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 84.3%

Green 73.7%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #D7BCBC is 0.0% cyan, 12.6% magenta, 12.6% yellow and 15.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 12.6%

Yellow 12.6%

Black 15.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDBBBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DBB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #D7BCBC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#D7BCBC #D3C1C1 #CEC5C5 #CACACA #C5CECE #C1D3D3 #BCD7D7

Color vision previews

Compare how #D7BCBC 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.

#C0BFBC

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.

#C6C4BC

Tritanopia

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

#DDBABC

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.

#C9BFBC

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.

#CBC1BC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D7BCBC

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.

#CDBFBF

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 0.50289 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 0.82563 G 0.74109 B 0.73923

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.64818 G 0.50875 B 0.50590

CIE xyY

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

x 0.335 y 0.329 Y 54.045

CMY

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

C % 15.686 M % 26.275 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

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

11010111 10111100 10111100