#DBEFD2

sRGB: 219 / 239 / 210

Thunderous oceans rise against oblivion
Immortal legends transform the fabric of existence
Fierce revelations disappear into mist

#DBEFD2 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 219 red, 239 green and 210 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 101.4° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 47.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 88.0% 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 (17.29:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 219, 239, 210
HSL: 101.38°, 47.54%, 88.04%
HSV / HSB: 101.38°, 12.13%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 8.37%, 0.00%, 12.13%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 71.710, 81.446, 72.918
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.330, -11.756, 11.808
WCAG relative luminance: 0.81446
24-bit decimal: 14413778

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 #DBEFD2 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: 17.29:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.21:1

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

#E6D2EF sits half a turn (180°) from #DBEFD2 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.

#DBEFD2 #E6D2EF

Analogous

#EAEFD2 and #D2EFD8 sit 30° to either side of #DBEFD2. 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.

#EAEFD2 #DBEFD2 #D2EFD8

Triadic

#DBEFD2, #D2DBEF and #EFD2DB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DBEFD2 #D2DBEF #EFD2DB

Split complementary

Start at #DBEFD2 and look across the wheel. #D8D2EF and #EFD2E9 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DBEFD2 #D8D2EF #EFD2E9

Square

Starting with #DBEFD2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D2E9EF, #E6D2EF, then #EFD8D2. Across the square, #DBEFD2 pairs with #E6D2EF, and #D2E9EF with #EFD8D2.

#DBEFD2 #D2E9EF #E6D2EF #EFD8D2

Tetradic

#DBEFD2 and #E6D2EF are opposites, as are #D2EFE6 and #EFD2DB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DBEFD2 #D2EFE6 #E6D2EF #EFD2DB

Tints

Mixing #DBEFD2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E2F2DB, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8FCF6, the mixture is 80% white.

#DBEFD2 #E2F2DB #E9F5E4 #F1F9ED #F8FCF6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DBEFD2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AFBFA8, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C302A, the mixture is 80% black.

#DBEFD2 #AFBFA8 #838F7E #586054 #2C302A #000000

Tones

Mixing #DBEFD2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9D9C2, keeps 80% of the original. By #929690, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DBEFD2 #C9D9C2 #B7C3B1 #A4ACA1 #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

#DBEFD2

RGB

rgb(219 239 210)

HSL

hsl(101.379 47.541% 88.039%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DBEFD2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DBEFD2 uses 219 red, 239 green and 210 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 85.9%

Green 93.7%

Blue 82.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DBEFD2 is 8.4% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 12.1% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 8.4%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 12.1%

Black 6.3%

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 #DBEFD2 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

#DBEFD2 #DDEAD7 #DFE5DC #E1E1E1 #E2DCE5 #E4D7EA #E6D2EF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DBEFD2 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.

#F2EAD0

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.

#EEE8D3

Tritanopia

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

#DBEDE7

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.

#EAECD1

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.

#E9EBD3

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DCEEDA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E9E9E9

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.

#E2ECDE

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 0.86316 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 0.87343 G 0.93479 B 0.83307

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.73586 G 0.85802 B 0.66140

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 0.360 Y 81.446

CMY

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

C % 14.118 M % 6.275 Y % 17.647

Binary RGB

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

11011011 11101111 11010010