#DABBCD

sRGB: 218 / 187 / 205

Thunderous oceans flourish beyond boundaries
Restless constellations shimmer across boundless heavens
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#DABBCD belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 218 red, 187 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 325.2° lands in the rose region. Its 29.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.4% 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 (11.97:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 218, 187, 205
HSL: 325.16°, 29.52%, 79.41%
HSV / HSB: 325.16°, 14.22%, 85.49%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 14.22%, 5.96%, 14.51%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 57.701, 54.855, 65.308
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 78.957, 14.070, -4.936
WCAG relative luminance: 0.54854
24-bit decimal: 14334925

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 #DABBCD 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: 11.97:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.75:1

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

#BBDAC8 sits half a turn (180°) from #DABBCD 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.

#DABBCD #BBDAC8

Analogous

#D7BBDA and #DABBBE sit 30° to either side of #DABBCD. 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.

#D7BBDA #DABBCD #DABBBE

Triadic

#DABBCD, #CDDABB and #BBCDDA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DABBCD #CDDABB #BBCDDA

Split complementary

Start at #DABBCD and look across the wheel. #BEDABB and #BBDAD7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DABBCD #BEDABB #BBDAD7

Square

Starting with #DABBCD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DAD7BB, #BBDAC8, then #BBBEDA. Across the square, #DABBCD pairs with #BBDAC8, and #DAD7BB with #BBBEDA.

#DABBCD #DAD7BB #BBDAC8 #BBBEDA

Tetradic

#DABBCD and #BBDAC8 are opposites, as are #DAC8BB and #BBCDDA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DABBCD #DAC8BB #BBDAC8 #BBCDDA

Tints

Mixing #DABBCD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E1C9D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F1F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#DABBCD #E1C9D7 #E9D6E1 #F0E4EB #F8F1F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DABBCD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AE96A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2529, the mixture is 80% black.

#DABBCD #AE96A4 #83707B #574B52 #2C2529 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DABBCD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C8AFBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #928C8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DABBCD #C8AFBE #B6A3AE #A4989F #928C8F #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

#DABBCD

RGB

rgb(218 187 205)

HSL

hsl(325.161 29.524% 79.412%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DABBCD uses 218 red, 187 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 85.5%

Green 73.3%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DABBCD is 0.0% cyan, 14.2% magenta, 6.0% yellow and 14.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 14.2%

Yellow 6.0%

Black 14.5%

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 #DABBCD 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

#DABBCD #D5C0CC #D0C5CB #CBCBCB #C5D0CA #C0D5C9 #BBDAC8

Color vision previews

Compare how #DABBCD 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.

#BCC1CE

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.

#C3C5CC

Tritanopia

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

#DEBBC1

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.

#C8BFCD

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.

#CAC2CC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DABCC9

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.

#CFBFC8

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 0.70110 G 0.49693 B 0.61050

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 0.83500 G 0.73780 B 0.80000

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.66485 G 0.50371 B 0.60382

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 0.308 Y 54.855

CMY

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

C % 14.510 M % 26.667 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11011010 10111011 11001101