#DADFCD

sRGB: 218 / 223 / 205

Thunderous oceans flourish beyond boundaries
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#DADFCD belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 218 red, 223 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 76.7° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 22.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.9% 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 (15.42:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 218, 223, 205
HSL: 76.67°, 21.95%, 83.92%
HSV / HSB: 76.67°, 8.07%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 2.24%, 0.00%, 8.07%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.318, 72.089, 68.180
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 88.011, -4.849, 8.236
WCAG relative luminance: 0.72089
24-bit decimal: 14344141

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 #DADFCD 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: 15.42:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.36:1

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

#D2CDDF sits half a turn (180°) from #DADFCD 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.

#DADFCD #D2CDDF

Analogous

#DFDBCD and #D1DFCD sit 30° to either side of #DADFCD. 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.

#DFDBCD #DADFCD #D1DFCD

Triadic

#DADFCD, #CDDADF and #DFCDDA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DADFCD #CDDADF #DFCDDA

Split complementary

Start at #DADFCD and look across the wheel. #CDD1DF and #DBCDDF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DADFCD #CDD1DF #DBCDDF

Square

Starting with #DADFCD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CDDFDB, #D2CDDF, then #DFCDD1. Across the square, #DADFCD pairs with #D2CDDF, and #CDDFDB with #DFCDD1.

#DADFCD #CDDFDB #D2CDDF #DFCDD1

Tetradic

#DADFCD and #D2CDDF are opposites, as are #CDDFD2 and #DFCDDA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DADFCD #CDDFD2 #D2CDDF #DFCDDA

Tints

Mixing #DADFCD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E1E5D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F9F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#DADFCD #E1E5D7 #E9ECE1 #F0F2EB #F8F9F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DADFCD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AEB2A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2D29, the mixture is 80% black.

#DADFCD #AEB2A4 #83867B #575952 #2C2D29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DADFCD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C8CCBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #92938F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DADFCD #C8CCBE #B6B9AE #A4A69F #92938F #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

#DADFCD

RGB

rgb(218 223 205)

HSL

hsl(76.667 21.951% 83.922%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DADFCD uses 218 red, 223 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 85.5%

Green 87.5%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DADFCD is 2.2% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 8.1% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 2.2%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 8.1%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#DADFCD #D9DCD0 #D7D9D3 #D6D6D6 #D5D3D9 #D3D0DC #D2CDDF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DADFCD 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.

#E2DDCC

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.

#E1DDCE

Tritanopia

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

#DCDDDA

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.

#DFDDCD

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.

#DFDDCD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DBDED2

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DDDDDD

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.

#DBDED5

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 0.73791 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 0.85843 G 0.87387 B 0.81020

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.70764 G 0.73669 B 0.62127

CIE xyY

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

x 0.321 y 0.349 Y 72.089

CMY

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

C % 14.510 M % 12.549 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11011010 11011111 11001101