#DCBDCA

sRGB: 220 / 189 / 202

Thunderous oceans pierce eternal darkness
Restless constellations illuminate forgotten empires
Boundless spirits illuminate hidden worlds

#DCBDCA belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 220 red, 189 green and 202 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 334.8° lands in the rose region. Its 30.7% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.2% 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 (12.18:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 220, 189, 202
HSL: 334.84°, 30.69%, 80.20%
HSV / HSB: 334.84°, 14.09%, 86.27%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 14.09%, 8.18%, 13.73%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 58.371, 55.876, 63.589
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 79.543, 13.179, -2.434
WCAG relative luminance: 0.55875
24-bit decimal: 14466506

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 #DCBDCA 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: 12.18:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.72:1

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

#BDDCCF sits half a turn (180°) from #DCBDCA 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.

#DCBDCA #BDDCCF

Analogous

#DCBDDA and #DCC0BD sit 30° to either side of #DCBDCA. 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.

#DCBDDA #DCBDCA #DCC0BD

Triadic

#DCBDCA, #CADCBD and #BDCADC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DCBDCA #CADCBD #BDCADC

Split complementary

Start at #DCBDCA and look across the wheel. #BDDCC0 and #BDDADC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DCBDCA #BDDCC0 #BDDADC

Square

Starting with #DCBDCA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DADCBD, #BDDCCF, then #C0BDDC. Across the square, #DCBDCA pairs with #BDDCCF, and #DADCBD with #C0BDDC.

#DCBDCA #DADCBD #BDDCCF #C0BDDC

Tetradic

#DCBDCA and #BDDCCF are opposites, as are #DCCFBD and #BDCADC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DCBDCA #DCCFBD #BDDCCF #BDCADC

Tints

Mixing #DCBDCA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E3CAD5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F2F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#DCBDCA #E3CAD5 #EAD7DF #F1E5EA #F8F2F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DCBDCA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B097A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2628, the mixture is 80% black.

#DCBDCA #B097A2 #847179 #584C51 #2C2628 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DCBDCA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CAB1BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #928C8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DCBDCA #CAB1BB #B7A5AC #A5989E #928C8F #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

#DCBDCA

RGB

rgb(220 189 202)

HSL

hsl(334.839 30.693% 80.196%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DCBDCA uses 220 red, 189 green and 202 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 86.3%

Green 74.1%

Blue 79.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DCBDCA is 0.0% cyan, 14.1% magenta, 8.2% yellow and 13.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 14.1%

Yellow 8.2%

Black 13.7%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#DCBDCA #D7C2CB #D2C7CC #CDCDCD #C7D2CD #C2D7CE #BDDCCF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DCBDCA 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.

#BFC2CB

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.

#C6C7C9

Tritanopia

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

#E1BCC1

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.

#CAC1CA

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.

#CDC4C9

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DCBDC7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C5C5C5

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.

#D1C1C8

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 0.50888 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 0.84283 G 0.74563 B 0.78989

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.67898 G 0.51575 B 0.58684

CIE xyY

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

x 0.328 y 0.314 Y 55.876

CMY

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

C % 13.725 M % 25.882 Y % 20.784

Binary RGB

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

11011100 10111101 11001010