#DCBBB2

sRGB: 220 / 187 / 178

Thunderous oceans pierce eternal darkness
Restless constellations shimmer across boundless heavens
Eternal flames disappear into mist

#DCBBB2 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 220 red, 187 green and 178 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 12.9° lands in the red region. Its 37.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 78.0% 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 (11.79:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 220, 187, 178
HSL: 12.86°, 37.50%, 78.04%
HSV / HSB: 12.86°, 19.09%, 86.27%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 15.00%, 19.09%, 13.73%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 55.319, 53.972, 49.624
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 78.445, 10.372, 8.934
WCAG relative luminance: 0.53971
24-bit decimal: 14465970

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 #DCBBB2 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: 11.79:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.78:1

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

#B2D3DC sits half a turn (180°) from #DCBBB2 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.

#DCBBB2 #B2D3DC

Analogous

#DCB2BE and #DCD0B2 sit 30° to either side of #DCBBB2. 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.

#DCB2BE #DCBBB2 #DCD0B2

Triadic

#DCBBB2, #B2DCBB and #BBB2DC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DCBBB2 #B2DCBB #BBB2DC

Split complementary

Start at #DCBBB2 and look across the wheel. #B2DCD0 and #B2BEDC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DCBBB2 #B2DCD0 #B2BEDC

Square

Starting with #DCBBB2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BEDCB2, #B2D3DC, then #D0B2DC. Across the square, #DCBBB2 pairs with #B2D3DC, and #BEDCB2 with #D0B2DC.

#DCBBB2 #BEDCB2 #B2D3DC #D0B2DC

Tetradic

#DCBBB2 and #B2D3DC are opposites, as are #D3DCB2 and #BBB2DC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DCBBB2 #D3DCB2 #B2D3DC #BBB2DC

Tints

Mixing #DCBBB2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E3C9C1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F1F0, the mixture is 80% white.

#DCBBB2 #E3C9C1 #EAD6D1 #F1E4E0 #F8F1F0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DCBBB2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B0968E, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2524, the mixture is 80% black.

#DCBBB2 #B0968E #84706B #584B47 #2C2524 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DCBBB2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CAAFA8, keeps 80% of the original. By #928C8A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DCBBB2 #CAAFA8 #B7A39E #A59894 #928C8A #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

#DCBBB2

RGB

rgb(220 187 178)

HSL

hsl(12.857 37.500% 78.039%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DCBBB2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DCBBB2 uses 220 red, 187 green and 178 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 86.3%

Green 73.3%

Blue 69.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DCBBB2 is 0.0% cyan, 15.0% magenta, 19.1% yellow and 13.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 15.0%

Yellow 19.1%

Black 13.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDBBAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DBA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DCBBB2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDBBAA Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#DCBBB2 #D5BFB9 #CEC3C0 #C7C7C7 #C0CBCE #B9CFD5 #B2D3DC

Color vision previews

Compare how #DCBBB2 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.

#C2BEB1

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.

#CAC5B2

Tritanopia

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

#E5B7B9

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.

#CCBEB1

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.

#CFC1B2

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DDBAB5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C2C2C2

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.

#D0BFBA

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 0.71569 G 0.49693 B 0.44520

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 0.84166 G 0.73811 B 0.70390

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.67686 G 0.50419 B 0.45357

CIE xyY

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

x 0.348 y 0.340 Y 53.972

CMY

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

C % 13.725 M % 26.667 Y % 30.196

Binary RGB

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

11011100 10111011 10110010