#DCEEC0

sRGB: 220 / 238 / 192

Thunderous oceans pierce eternal darkness
Immortal legends transcend the boundaries of time
Boundless spirits vanish without farewell

#DCEEC0 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 220 red, 238 green and 192 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 83.5° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 57.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.3% 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 (17.03:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 220, 238, 192
HSL: 83.48°, 57.50%, 84.31%
HSV / HSB: 83.48°, 19.33%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 7.56%, 0.00%, 19.33%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 69.601, 80.170, 61.679
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 91.761, -13.811, 20.323
WCAG relative luminance: 0.80170
24-bit decimal: 14479040

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 #DCEEC0 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: 17.03:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.23:1

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

#D2C0EE sits half a turn (180°) from #DCEEC0 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.

#DCEEC0 #D2C0EE

Analogous

#EEE9C0 and #C5EEC0 sit 30° to either side of #DCEEC0. 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.

#EEE9C0 #DCEEC0 #C5EEC0

Triadic

#DCEEC0, #C0DCEE and #EEC0DC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DCEEC0 #C0DCEE #EEC0DC

Split complementary

Start at #DCEEC0 and look across the wheel. #C0C5EE and #E9C0EE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DCEEC0 #C0C5EE #E9C0EE

Square

Starting with #DCEEC0, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C0EEE9, #D2C0EE, then #EEC0C5. Across the square, #DCEEC0 pairs with #D2C0EE, and #C0EEE9 with #EEC0C5.

#DCEEC0 #C0EEE9 #D2C0EE #EEC0C5

Tetradic

#DCEEC0 and #D2C0EE are opposites, as are #C0EED2 and #EEC0DC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DCEEC0 #C0EED2 #D2C0EE #EEC0DC

Tints

Mixing #DCEEC0 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E3F1CD, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8FCF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#DCEEC0 #E3F1CD #EAF5D9 #F1F8E6 #F8FCF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DCEEC0 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B0BE9A, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C3026, the mixture is 80% black.

#DCEEC0 #B0BE9A #848F73 #585F4D #2C3026 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DCEEC0 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CAD8B3, keeps 80% of the original. By #92968D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DCEEC0 #CAD8B3 #B7C2A6 #A5AC9A #92968D #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

#DCEEC0

RGB

rgb(220 238 192)

HSL

hsl(83.478 57.500% 84.314%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DCEEC0;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DCEEC0 uses 220 red, 238 green and 192 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 86.3%

Green 93.3%

Blue 75.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DCEEC0 is 7.6% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 19.3% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.6%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 19.3%

Black 6.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDEEBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DEB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DCEEC0 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDEEBB Nearest web-safe: #CCFFCC

Gradient to complement

#DCEEC0 #DAE6C8 #D9DFCF #D7D7D7 #D5CFDF #D4C8E6 #D2C0EE

Color vision previews

Compare how #DCEEC0 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.

#F4E8BD

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.

#F1E7C2

Tritanopia

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

#DFE9E1

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.

#ECEABF

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.

#EBE9C1

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DEECCD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E7E7E7

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.

#E2EBD5

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 0.85499 B 0.52712

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 0.87583 G 0.93110 B 0.76991

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.74042 G 0.85037 B 0.55407

CIE xyY

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

x 0.329 y 0.379 Y 80.170

CMY

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

C % 13.725 M % 6.667 Y % 24.706

Binary RGB

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

11011100 11101110 11000000