#DCCCBF

sRGB: 220 / 204 / 191

Thunderous oceans pierce eternal darkness
Majestic waterfalls thunder through timeless canyons
Eternal flames echo beyond eternity

#DCCCBF belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 220 red, 204 green and 191 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 26.9° lands in the orange region. Its 29.3% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.6% 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 (13.43:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 220, 204, 191
HSL: 26.90°, 29.29%, 80.59%
HSV / HSB: 26.90°, 13.18%, 86.27%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 7.27%, 13.18%, 13.73%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 60.509, 62.163, 58.103
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.000, 3.405, 8.479
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62163
24-bit decimal: 14470335

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 #DCCCBF 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: 13.43:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.56:1

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

#BFCFDC sits half a turn (180°) from #DCCCBF 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.

#DCCCBF #BFCFDC

Analogous

#DCBFC1 and #DCDBBF sit 30° to either side of #DCCCBF. 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.

#DCBFC1 #DCCCBF #DCDBBF

Triadic

#DCCCBF, #BFDCCC and #CCBFDC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DCCCBF #BFDCCC #CCBFDC

Split complementary

Start at #DCCCBF and look across the wheel. #BFDCDB and #BFC1DC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DCCCBF #BFDCDB #BFC1DC

Square

Starting with #DCCCBF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C1DCBF, #BFCFDC, then #DBBFDC. Across the square, #DCCCBF pairs with #BFCFDC, and #C1DCBF with #DBBFDC.

#DCCCBF #C1DCBF #BFCFDC #DBBFDC

Tetradic

#DCCCBF and #BFCFDC are opposites, as are #CFDCBF and #CCBFDC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DCCCBF #CFDCBF #BFCFDC #CCBFDC

Tints

Mixing #DCCCBF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E3D6CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F5F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#DCCCBF #E3D6CC #EAE0D9 #F1EBE5 #F8F5F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DCCCBF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B0A399, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2926, the mixture is 80% black.

#DCCCBF #B0A399 #847A73 #58524C #2C2926 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DCCCBF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CABDB2, keeps 80% of the original. By #928F8D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DCCCBF #CABDB2 #B7AEA6 #A59E99 #928F8D #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

#DCCCBF

RGB

rgb(220 204 191)

HSL

hsl(26.897 29.293% 80.588%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DCCCBF uses 220 red, 204 green and 191 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 86.3%

Green 80.0%

Blue 74.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DCCCBF is 0.0% cyan, 7.3% magenta, 13.2% yellow and 13.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 7.3%

Yellow 13.2%

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 #DCCCBF 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

#DCCCBF #D7CDC4 #D2CDC9 #CECECE #C9CED2 #C4CFD7 #BFCFDC

Color vision previews

Compare how #DCCCBF 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.

#D1CDBE

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.

#D5D0BF

Tritanopia

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

#E2C9C8

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.

#D5CDBF

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.

#D7CFBF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DDCBC3

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CFCFCF

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.

#D5CDC7

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 0.60383 B 0.52100

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 0.85205 G 0.80219 B 0.75498

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.69583 G 0.60754 B 0.53032

CIE xyY

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

x 0.335 y 0.344 Y 62.163

CMY

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

C % 13.725 M % 20.000 Y % 25.098

Binary RGB

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

11011100 11001100 10111111