#D8BFCA

sRGB: 216 / 191 / 202

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#D8BFCA belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 216 red, 191 green and 202 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 333.6° lands in the rose region. Its 24.3% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.8% 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 (12.22:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 216, 191, 202
HSL: 333.60°, 24.27%, 79.80%
HSV / HSB: 333.60°, 11.57%, 84.71%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 11.57%, 6.48%, 15.29%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 57.608, 56.125, 63.678
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 79.685, 10.706, -2.266
WCAG relative luminance: 0.56125
24-bit decimal: 14204874

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 #D8BFCA 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: 12.22:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.72:1

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

#BFD8CD sits half a turn (180°) from #D8BFCA 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.

#D8BFCA #BFD8CD

Analogous

#D8BFD6 and #D8C1BF sit 30° to either side of #D8BFCA. 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.

#D8BFD6 #D8BFCA #D8C1BF

Triadic

#D8BFCA, #CAD8BF and #BFCAD8 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#D8BFCA #CAD8BF #BFCAD8

Split complementary

Start at #D8BFCA and look across the wheel. #BFD8C1 and #BFD6D8 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#D8BFCA #BFD8C1 #BFD6D8

Square

Starting with #D8BFCA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D7D8BF, #BFD8CD, then #C1BFD8. Across the square, #D8BFCA pairs with #BFD8CD, and #D7D8BF with #C1BFD8.

#D8BFCA #D7D8BF #BFD8CD #C1BFD8

Tetradic

#D8BFCA and #BFD8CD are opposites, as are #D8CDBF and #BFCAD8. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#D8BFCA #D8CDBF #BFD8CD #BFCAD8

Tints

Mixing #D8BFCA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E0CCD5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F7F2F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#D8BFCA #E0CCD5 #E8D9DF #EFE5EA #F7F2F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #D8BFCA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AD99A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #2B2628, the mixture is 80% black.

#D8BFCA #AD99A2 #827379 #564C51 #2B2628 #000000

Tones

Mixing #D8BFCA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C6B2BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #928D8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#D8BFCA #C6B2BB #B5A6AC #A3999E #928D8F #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

#D8BFCA

RGB

rgb(216 191 202)

HSL

hsl(333.600 24.272% 79.804%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #D8BFCA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#D8BFCA uses 216 red, 191 green and 202 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 84.7%

Green 74.9%

Blue 79.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #D8BFCA is 0.0% cyan, 11.6% magenta, 6.5% yellow and 15.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 11.6%

Yellow 6.5%

Black 15.3%

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 #D8BFCA 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

#D8BFCA #D4C3CB #D0C7CB #CCCCCC #C7D0CC #C3D4CD #BFD8CD

Color vision previews

Compare how #D8BFCA 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.

#C1C3CA

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.

#C6C7C9

Tritanopia

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

#DCBFC3

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.

#C9C2CA

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.

#CCC4CA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D8BFC7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C5C5C5

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.

#CFC2C8

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 0.68669 G 0.52100 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 0.83075 G 0.75255 B 0.79012

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.65727 G 0.52650 B 0.58722

CIE xyY

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

x 0.325 y 0.316 Y 56.125

CMY

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

C % 15.294 M % 25.098 Y % 20.784

Binary RGB

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

11011000 10111111 11001010