#DAD0BB

sRGB: 218 / 208 / 187
Color name: Bell Tower

Thunderous oceans flourish beyond boundaries
Electric visions fade beyond remembrance
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

The hex code for Bell Tower is #DAD0BB. It belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 218 red, 208 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 40.6° lands in the orange 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 (13.72:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 218, 208, 187
HSL: 40.65°, 29.52%, 79.41%
HSV / HSB: 40.65°, 14.22%, 85.49%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 4.59%, 14.22%, 14.51%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 60.436, 63.605, 56.109
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.760, -0.042, 11.667
WCAG relative luminance: 0.63605
24-bit decimal: 14340283

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 #DAD0BB 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: 13.72:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.53:1

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

#BBC5DA sits half a turn (180°) from #DAD0BB 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.

#DAD0BB #BBC5DA

Analogous

#DAC1BB and #D4DABB sit 30° to either side of #DAD0BB. 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.

#DAC1BB #DAD0BB #D4DABB

Triadic

#DAD0BB, #BBDAD0 and #D0BBDA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DAD0BB #BBDAD0 #D0BBDA

Split complementary

Start at #DAD0BB and look across the wheel. #BBD4DA and #C1BBDA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DAD0BB #BBD4DA #C1BBDA

Square

Starting with #DAD0BB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BBDAC1, #BBC5DA, then #DABBD4. Across the square, #DAD0BB pairs with #BBC5DA, and #BBDAC1 with #DABBD4.

#DAD0BB #BBDAC1 #BBC5DA #DABBD4

Tetradic

#DAD0BB and #BBC5DA are opposites, as are #C5DABB and #D0BBDA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DAD0BB #C5DABB #BBC5DA #D0BBDA

Tints

Mixing #DAD0BB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E1D9C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F6F1, the mixture is 80% white.

#DAD0BB #E1D9C9 #E9E3D6 #F0ECE4 #F8F6F1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DAD0BB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AEA696, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2A25, the mixture is 80% black.

#DAD0BB #AEA696 #837D70 #57534B #2C2A25 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DAD0BB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C8C0AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #92908C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DAD0BB #C8C0AF #B6B0A3 #A4A098 #92908C #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

#DAD0BB

RGB

rgb(218 208 187)

HSL

hsl(40.645 29.524% 79.412%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DAD0BB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DAD0BB uses 218 red, 208 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 85.5%

Green 81.6%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DAD0BB is 0.0% cyan, 4.6% magenta, 14.2% yellow and 14.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 4.6%

Yellow 14.2%

Black 14.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDCCBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DCB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DAD0BB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#DAD0BB #D5CEC0 #D0CCC5 #CBCBCB #C5C9D0 #C0C7D5 #BBC5DA

Color vision previews

Compare how #DAD0BB 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.

#D5CFBA

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.

#D8D2BC

Tritanopia

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

#E0CCCA

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.

#D7D0BA

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.

#D8D1BB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DBCFC1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D1D1D1

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.

#D5D0C6

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 0.63076 B 0.49693

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 0.84811 G 0.81703 B 0.74198

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.68861 G 0.63309 B 0.51011

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 0.353 Y 63.605

CMY

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

C % 14.510 M % 18.431 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

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

11011010 11010000 10111011