#DBEAD2

sRGB: 219 / 234 / 210

Thunderous oceans rise against oblivion
Immortal legends awaken beneath celestial skies
Fierce revelations disappear into mist

#DBEAD2 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 219 red, 234 green and 210 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 97.5° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 36.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 87.1% 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 (16.71:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 219, 234, 210
HSL: 97.50°, 36.36%, 87.06%
HSV / HSB: 97.50°, 10.26%, 91.76%
CMYK (approx.): 6.41%, 0.00%, 10.26%, 8.24%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 70.266, 78.559, 72.436
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 91.034, -9.248, 9.960
WCAG relative luminance: 0.78559
24-bit decimal: 14412498

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 #DBEAD2 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: 16.71:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.26:1

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

#E1D2EA sits half a turn (180°) from #DBEAD2 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.

#DBEAD2 #E1D2EA

Analogous

#E7EAD2 and #D2EAD5 sit 30° to either side of #DBEAD2. 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.

#E7EAD2 #DBEAD2 #D2EAD5

Triadic

#DBEAD2, #D2DBEA and #EAD2DB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DBEAD2 #D2DBEA #EAD2DB

Split complementary

Start at #DBEAD2 and look across the wheel. #D5D2EA and #EAD2E7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DBEAD2 #D5D2EA #EAD2E7

Square

Starting with #DBEAD2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D2E7EA, #E1D2EA, then #EAD5D2. Across the square, #DBEAD2 pairs with #E1D2EA, and #D2E7EA with #EAD5D2.

#DBEAD2 #D2E7EA #E1D2EA #EAD5D2

Tetradic

#DBEAD2 and #E1D2EA are opposites, as are #D2EAE1 and #EAD2DB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DBEAD2 #D2EAE1 #E1D2EA #EAD2DB

Tints

Mixing #DBEAD2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E2EEDB, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8FBF6, the mixture is 80% white.

#DBEAD2 #E2EEDB #E9F2E4 #F1F7ED #F8FBF6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DBEAD2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AFBBA8, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2F2A, the mixture is 80% black.

#DBEAD2 #AFBBA8 #838C7E #585E54 #2C2F2A #000000

Tones

Mixing #DBEAD2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9D5C2, keeps 80% of the original. By #929590, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DBEAD2 #C9D5C2 #B7C0B1 #A4AAA1 #929590 #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

#DBEAD2

RGB

rgb(219 234 210)

HSL

hsl(97.500 36.364% 87.059%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DBEAD2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DBEAD2 uses 219 red, 234 green and 210 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 85.9%

Green 91.8%

Blue 82.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DBEAD2 is 6.4% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 10.3% yellow and 8.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 6.4%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 10.3%

Black 8.2%

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 #DBEAD2 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

#DBEAD2 #DCE6D6 #DDE2DA #DEDEDE #DFDAE2 #E0D6E6 #E1D2EA

Color vision previews

Compare how #DBEAD2 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.

#ECE6D1

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.

#EAE5D3

Tritanopia

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

#DBE8E3

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.

#E6E7D1

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.

#E6E7D3

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DCE9D8

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E5E5E5

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.

#E0E8DC

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 0.82279 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 0.86965 G 0.91577 B 0.83143

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.72869 G 0.81899 B 0.65848

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 0.355 Y 78.559

CMY

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

C % 14.118 M % 8.235 Y % 17.647

Binary RGB

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

11011011 11101010 11010010