#DABCDA

sRGB: 218 / 188 / 218

Thunderous oceans flourish beyond boundaries
Restless constellations thunder through timeless canyons
Fierce revelations illuminate hidden worlds

#DABCDA belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 218 red, 188 green and 218 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 300.0° lands in the magenta region. Its 28.8% saturation makes it close to gray 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 (12.19:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 218, 188, 218
HSL: 300.00°, 28.85%, 79.61%
HSV / HSB: 300.00°, 13.76%, 85.49%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 13.76%, 0.00%, 14.51%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 59.549, 55.934, 73.991
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 79.576, 15.875, -11.035
WCAG relative luminance: 0.55934
24-bit decimal: 14335194

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 #DABCDA 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: 12.19:1

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

#BCDABC sits half a turn (180°) from #DABCDA 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.

#DABCDA #BCDABC

Analogous

#CBBCDA and #DABCCB sit 30° to either side of #DABCDA. 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.

#CBBCDA #DABCDA #DABCCB

Triadic

#DABCDA, #DADABC and #BCDADA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DABCDA #DADABC #BCDADA

Split complementary

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

#DABCDA #CBDABC #BCDACB

Square

Starting with #DABCDA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DACBBC, #BCDABC, then #BCCBDA. Across the square, #DABCDA pairs with #BCDABC, and #DACBBC with #BCCBDA.

#DABCDA #DACBBC #BCDABC #BCCBDA

Tetradic

#DABCDA and #BCDABC are opposites, as are #DABCBC and #BCDADA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DABCDA #DABCBC #BCDABC #BCDADA

Tints

Mixing #DABCDA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E1C9E1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F2F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#DABCDA #E1C9E1 #E9D7E9 #F0E4F0 #F8F2F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DABCDA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AE96AE, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C262C, the mixture is 80% black.

#DABCDA #AE96AE #837183 #574B57 #2C262C #000000

Tones

Mixing #DABCDA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C8B0C8, keeps 80% of the original. By #928C92, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DABCDA #C8B0C8 #B6A4B6 #A498A4 #928C92 #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

#DABCDA

RGB

rgb(218 188 218)

HSL

hsl(300.000 28.846% 79.608%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DABCDA uses 218 red, 188 green and 218 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 85.5%

Green 73.7%

Blue 85.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DABCDA is 0.0% cyan, 13.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 14.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 13.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 14.5%

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 #DABCDA 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

#DABCDA #D5C1D5 #D0C6D0 #CBCBCB #C6D0C6 #C1D5C1 #BCDABC

Color vision previews

Compare how #DABCDA 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.

#BAC3DB

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.

#C1C6D9

Tritanopia

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

#DCBEC6

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.

#C6C1DA

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.

#C8C3D9

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D9BDD3

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.

#D0C1D0

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 0.50289 B 0.70110

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 0.83559 G 0.74156 B 0.84710

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.66591 G 0.50947 B 0.68675

CIE xyY

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

x 0.314 y 0.295 Y 55.934

CMY

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

C % 14.510 M % 26.275 Y % 14.510

Binary RGB

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

11011010 10111100 11011010