#DAECD2

sRGB: 218 / 236 / 210

Thunderous oceans flourish beyond boundaries
Immortal legends thunder through timeless canyons
Fierce revelations disappear into mist

#DAECD2 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 218 red, 236 green and 210 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 101.5° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 40.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 87.5% 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 (16.91:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 218, 236, 210
HSL: 101.54°, 40.63%, 87.45%
HSV / HSB: 101.54°, 11.02%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 7.63%, 0.00%, 11.02%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 70.539, 79.549, 72.613
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 91.482, -10.595, 10.590
WCAG relative luminance: 0.79549
24-bit decimal: 14347474

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 #DAECD2 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: 16.91:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.24:1

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

#E4D2EC sits half a turn (180°) from #DAECD2 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.

#DAECD2 #E4D2EC

Analogous

#E7ECD2 and #D2ECD7 sit 30° to either side of #DAECD2. 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.

#E7ECD2 #DAECD2 #D2ECD7

Triadic

#DAECD2, #D2DAEC and #ECD2DA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DAECD2 #D2DAEC #ECD2DA

Split complementary

Start at #DAECD2 and look across the wheel. #D7D2EC and #ECD2E7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DAECD2 #D7D2EC #ECD2E7

Square

Starting with #DAECD2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D2E7EC, #E4D2EC, then #ECD7D2. Across the square, #DAECD2 pairs with #E4D2EC, and #D2E7EC with #ECD7D2.

#DAECD2 #D2E7EC #E4D2EC #ECD7D2

Tetradic

#DAECD2 and #E4D2EC are opposites, as are #D2ECE4 and #ECD2DA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DAECD2 #D2ECE4 #E4D2EC #ECD2DA

Tints

Mixing #DAECD2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E1F0DB, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8FBF6, the mixture is 80% white.

#DAECD2 #E1F0DB #E9F4E4 #F0F7ED #F8FBF6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DAECD2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AEBDA8, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2F2A, the mixture is 80% black.

#DAECD2 #AEBDA8 #838E7E #575E54 #2C2F2A #000000

Tones

Mixing #DAECD2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C8D6C2, keeps 80% of the original. By #929690, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DAECD2 #C8D6C2 #B6C1B1 #A4ABA1 #929690 #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

#DAECD2

RGB

rgb(218 236 210)

HSL

hsl(101.538 40.625% 87.451%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DAECD2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DAECD2 uses 218 red, 236 green and 210 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 85.5%

Green 92.5%

Blue 82.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DAECD2 is 7.6% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 11.0% yellow and 7.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.6%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 11.0%

Black 7.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDEECC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DEC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DAECD2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDEECC Nearest web-safe: #CCFFCC

Gradient to complement

#DAECD2 #DCE8D6 #DDE3DB #DFDFDF #E1DBE3 #E2D6E8 #E4D2EC

Color vision previews

Compare how #DAECD2 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.

#EEE8D1

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.

#EBE6D3

Tritanopia

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

#DAEAE4

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.

#E7E9D1

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.

#E6E8D3

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DBEBD9

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E7E7E7

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.

#E0E9DD

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 0.83880 B 0.64448

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 0.86799 G 0.92326 B 0.83201

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.72555 G 0.83423 B 0.65952

CIE xyY

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

x 0.317 y 0.357 Y 79.549

CMY

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

C % 14.510 M % 7.451 Y % 17.647

Binary RGB

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

11011010 11101100 11010010