#DCDEEC

sRGB: 220 / 222 / 236

Thunderous oceans pierce eternal darkness
Electric visions transcend the boundaries of time
Infinite wonders awaken sleeping galaxies

#DCDEEC belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 220 red, 222 green and 236 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 232.5° lands in the blue region. Its 29.6% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 89.4% 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 (15.70:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 220, 222, 236
HSL: 232.50°, 29.63%, 89.41%
HSV / HSB: 232.50°, 6.78%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 6.78%, 5.93%, 0.00%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 70.773, 73.514, 89.821
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 88.692, 1.932, -7.055
WCAG relative luminance: 0.73514
24-bit decimal: 14474988

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 #DCDEEC 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: 15.70:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.34:1

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

#ECEADC sits half a turn (180°) from #DCDEEC 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.

#DCDEEC #ECEADC

Analogous

#DCE6EC and #E2DCEC sit 30° to either side of #DCDEEC. 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.

#DCE6EC #DCDEEC #E2DCEC

Triadic

#DCDEEC, #ECDCDE and #DEECDC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DCDEEC #ECDCDE #DEECDC

Split complementary

Start at #DCDEEC and look across the wheel. #ECE2DC and #E6ECDC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DCDEEC #ECE2DC #E6ECDC

Square

Starting with #DCDEEC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #ECDCE6, #ECEADC, then #DCECE2. Across the square, #DCDEEC pairs with #ECEADC, and #ECDCE6 with #DCECE2.

#DCDEEC #ECDCE6 #ECEADC #DCECE2

Tetradic

#DCDEEC and #ECEADC are opposites, as are #EADCEC and #DEECDC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DCDEEC #EADCEC #ECEADC #DEECDC

Tints

Mixing #DCDEEC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E3E5F0, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F8FB, the mixture is 80% white.

#DCDEEC #E3E5F0 #EAEBF4 #F1F2F7 #F8F8FB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DCDEEC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B0B2BD, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2C2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#DCDEEC #B0B2BD #84858E #58595E #2C2C2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #DCDEEC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CACBD6, keeps 80% of the original. By #929396, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DCDEEC #CACBD6 #B7B8C1 #A5A6AB #929396 #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

#DCDEEC

RGB

rgb(220 222 236)

HSL

hsl(232.500 29.630% 89.412%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DCDEEC uses 220 red, 222 green and 236 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 86.3%

Green 87.1%

Blue 92.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DCDEEC is 6.8% cyan, 5.9% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 7.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 6.8%

Magenta 5.9%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 7.5%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #DDDDEE Nearest web-safe: #CCCCFF

Gradient to complement

#DCDEEC #DFE0E9 #E1E2E7 #E4E4E4 #E7E6E1 #E9E8DF #ECEADC

Color vision previews

Compare how #DCDEEC 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.

#DBDFED

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.

#DADEEC

Tritanopia

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

#D9E0E2

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.

#DBDFEC

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.

#DBDEEC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DBDFE9

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DFDFDF

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.

#DDDEE5

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 0.73046 B 0.83880

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 0.86414 G 0.87033 B 0.92063

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.71832 G 0.72997 B 0.82885

CIE xyY

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

x 0.302 y 0.314 Y 73.514

CMY

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

C % 13.725 M % 12.941 Y % 7.451

Binary RGB

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

11011100 11011110 11101100