#DCCABE

sRGB: 220 / 202 / 190

Thunderous oceans pierce eternal darkness
Majestic waterfalls awaken beneath celestial skies
Eternal flames transcend the limits of dreams

#DCCABE belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 220 red, 202 green and 190 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 24.0° lands in the orange region. Its 30.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.4% 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 (13.23:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 220, 202, 190
HSL: 24.00°, 30.00%, 80.39%
HSV / HSB: 24.00°, 13.64%, 86.27%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 8.18%, 13.64%, 13.73%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 59.927, 61.175, 57.368
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.473, 4.296, 8.257
WCAG relative luminance: 0.61174
24-bit decimal: 14469822

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 #DCCABE 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: 13.23:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.59:1

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

#BED0DC sits half a turn (180°) from #DCCABE 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.

#DCCABE #BED0DC

Analogous

#DCBEC1 and #DCD9BE sit 30° to either side of #DCCABE. 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.

#DCBEC1 #DCCABE #DCD9BE

Triadic

#DCCABE, #BEDCCA and #CABEDC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DCCABE #BEDCCA #CABEDC

Split complementary

Start at #DCCABE and look across the wheel. #BEDCD9 and #BEC1DC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DCCABE #BEDCD9 #BEC1DC

Square

Starting with #DCCABE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C1DCBE, #BED0DC, then #D9BEDC. Across the square, #DCCABE pairs with #BED0DC, and #C1DCBE with #D9BEDC.

#DCCABE #C1DCBE #BED0DC #D9BEDC

Tetradic

#DCCABE and #BED0DC are opposites, as are #D0DCBE and #CABEDC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DCCABE #D0DCBE #BED0DC #CABEDC

Tints

Mixing #DCCABE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E3D5CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F4F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#DCCABE #E3D5CB #EADFD8 #F1EAE5 #F8F4F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DCCABE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B0A298, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2826, the mixture is 80% black.

#DCCABE #B0A298 #847972 #58514C #2C2826 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DCCABE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CABBB2, keeps 80% of the original. By #928F8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DCCABE #CABBB2 #B7ACA5 #A59E99 #928F8C #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

#DCCABE

RGB

rgb(220 202 190)

HSL

hsl(24.000 30.000% 80.392%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DCCABE uses 220 red, 202 green and 190 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 86.3%

Green 79.2%

Blue 74.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DCCABE is 0.0% cyan, 8.2% magenta, 13.6% yellow and 13.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 8.2%

Yellow 13.6%

Black 13.7%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#DCCABE #D7CBC3 #D2CCC8 #CDCDCD #C8CED2 #C3CFD7 #BED0DC

Color vision previews

Compare how #DCCABE 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.

#CFCBBD

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.

#D3CFBE

Tritanopia

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

#E2C7C7

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.

#D4CBBE

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.

#D6CDBE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DDC9C1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CDCDCD

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.

#D5CCC6

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 0.59062 B 0.51492

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 0.85077 G 0.79463 B 0.75084

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.69349 G 0.59477 B 0.52383

CIE xyY

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

x 0.336 y 0.343 Y 61.175

CMY

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

C % 13.725 M % 20.784 Y % 25.490

Binary RGB

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

11011100 11001010 10111110