#DBD2CA

sRGB: 219 / 210 / 202

Thunderous oceans rise against oblivion
Electric visions tremble in empty gardens
Boundless spirits illuminate hidden worlds

#DBD2CA belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 219 red, 210 green and 202 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 28.2° lands in the orange region. Its 19.1% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 82.5% 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 (14.08:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 219, 210, 202
HSL: 28.24°, 19.10%, 82.55%
HSV / HSB: 28.24°, 7.76%, 85.88%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 4.11%, 7.76%, 14.12%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 62.918, 65.418, 65.191
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.699, 1.718, 5.063
WCAG relative luminance: 0.65418
24-bit decimal: 14406346

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 #DBD2CA 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: 14.08:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.49:1

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

#CAD3DB sits half a turn (180°) from #DBD2CA 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.

#DBD2CA #CAD3DB

Analogous

#DBCACB and #DBDBCA sit 30° to either side of #DBD2CA. 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.

#DBCACB #DBD2CA #DBDBCA

Triadic

#DBD2CA, #CADBD2 and #D2CADB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DBD2CA #CADBD2 #D2CADB

Split complementary

Start at #DBD2CA and look across the wheel. #CADBDB and #CACBDB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DBD2CA #CADBDB #CACBDB

Square

Starting with #DBD2CA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CBDBCA, #CAD3DB, then #DBCADB. Across the square, #DBD2CA pairs with #CAD3DB, and #CBDBCA with #DBCADB.

#DBD2CA #CBDBCA #CAD3DB #DBCADB

Tetradic

#DBD2CA and #CAD3DB are opposites, as are #D3DBCA and #D2CADB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DBD2CA #D3DBCA #CAD3DB #D2CADB

Tints

Mixing #DBD2CA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E2DBD5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F6F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#DBD2CA #E2DBD5 #E9E4DF #F1EDEA #F8F6F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DBD2CA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AFA8A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2A28, the mixture is 80% black.

#DBD2CA #AFA8A2 #837E79 #585451 #2C2A28 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DBD2CA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9C2BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #92908F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DBD2CA #C9C2BB #B7B1AC #A4A19E #92908F #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

#DBD2CA

RGB

rgb(219 210 202)

HSL

hsl(28.235 19.101% 82.549%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DBD2CA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DBD2CA uses 219 red, 210 green and 202 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 85.9%

Green 82.4%

Blue 79.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DBD2CA is 0.0% cyan, 4.1% magenta, 7.8% yellow and 14.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 4.1%

Yellow 7.8%

Black 14.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDCCCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DCC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DBD2CA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#DBD2CA #D8D2CD #D5D2D0 #D3D3D3 #D0D3D5 #CDD3D8 #CAD3DB

Color vision previews

Compare how #DBD2CA 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.

#D5D2CA

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.

#D7D4CA

Tritanopia

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

#DFD0D0

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.

#D7D2CA

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.

#D8D3CA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DBD2CC

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D3D3D3

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.

#D7D3CF

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 0.70838 G 0.64448 B 0.59062

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 0.85270 G 0.82473 B 0.79568

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.69703 G 0.64660 B 0.59653

CIE xyY

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

x 0.325 y 0.338 Y 65.418

CMY

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

C % 14.118 M % 17.647 Y % 20.784

Binary RGB

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

11011011 11010010 11001010