#DBDCD3

sRGB: 219 / 220 / 211

Thunderous oceans rise against oblivion
Electric visions thunder through timeless canyons
Fierce revelations linger beyond yesterday

#DBDCD3 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 219 red, 220 green and 211 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 66.7° lands in the yellow region. Its 11.4% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.5% 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 (15.19:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 219, 220, 211
HSL: 66.67°, 11.39%, 84.51%
HSV / HSB: 66.67°, 4.09%, 86.27%
CMYK (approx.): 0.45%, 0.00%, 4.09%, 13.73%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.561, 70.950, 71.818
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 87.461, -1.933, 4.297
WCAG relative luminance: 0.70950
24-bit decimal: 14408915

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 #DBDCD3 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: 15.19:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.38:1

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

#D4D3DC sits half a turn (180°) from #DBDCD3 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.

#DBDCD3 #D4D3DC

Analogous

#DCD9D3 and #D6DCD3 sit 30° to either side of #DBDCD3. 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.

#DCD9D3 #DBDCD3 #D6DCD3

Triadic

#DBDCD3, #D3DBDC and #DCD3DB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DBDCD3 #D3DBDC #DCD3DB

Split complementary

Start at #DBDCD3 and look across the wheel. #D3D6DC and #D9D3DC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DBDCD3 #D3D6DC #D9D3DC

Square

Starting with #DBDCD3, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D3DCD9, #D4D3DC, then #DCD3D6. Across the square, #DBDCD3 pairs with #D4D3DC, and #D3DCD9 with #DCD3D6.

#DBDCD3 #D3DCD9 #D4D3DC #DCD3D6

Tetradic

#DBDCD3 and #D4D3DC are opposites, as are #D3DCD4 and #DCD3DB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DBDCD3 #D3DCD4 #D4D3DC #DCD3DB

Tints

Mixing #DBDCD3 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E2E3DC, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F8F6, the mixture is 80% white.

#DBDCD3 #E2E3DC #E9EAE5 #F1F1ED #F8F8F6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DBDCD3 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AFB0A9, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2C2A, the mixture is 80% black.

#DBDCD3 #AFB0A9 #83847F #585854 #2C2C2A #000000

Tones

Mixing #DBDCD3 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9CAC2, keeps 80% of the original. By #929291, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DBDCD3 #C9CAC2 #B7B7B2 #A4A5A1 #929291 #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

#DBDCD3

RGB

rgb(219 220 211)

HSL

hsl(66.667 11.392% 84.510%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DBDCD3;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DBDCD3 uses 219 red, 220 green and 211 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 85.9%

Green 86.3%

Blue 82.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DBDCD3 is 0.5% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 4.1% yellow and 13.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.5%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 4.1%

Black 13.7%

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 #DBDCD3 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

#DBDCD3 #DADBD5 #D9D9D6 #D8D8D8 #D6D6D9 #D5D5DB #D4D3DC

Color vision previews

Compare how #DBDCD3 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.

#DEDBD3

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.

#DEDBD3

Tritanopia

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

#DCDBD9

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.

#DDDBD3

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.

#DDDBD3

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DBDCD5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DBDBDB

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.

#DBDCD7

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 0.71569 B 0.65141

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 0.85952 G 0.86262 B 0.83062

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.70967 G 0.71545 B 0.65703

CIE xyY

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

x 0.318 y 0.339 Y 70.950

CMY

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

C % 14.118 M % 13.725 Y % 17.255

Binary RGB

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

11011011 11011100 11010011