#DCFF98

sRGB: 220 / 255 / 152

Thunderous oceans pierce eternal darkness
Unbridled forces transform the fabric of existence
Rising tides carry promises of spring

#DCFF98 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 220 red, 255 green and 152 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 80.4° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.8% 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 (18.80:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 220, 255, 152
HSL: 80.39°, 100.00%, 79.80%
HSV / HSB: 80.39°, 40.39%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 13.73%, 0.00%, 40.39%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 70.940, 89.002, 43.149
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 95.581, -27.406, 45.488
WCAG relative luminance: 0.89003
24-bit decimal: 14483352

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 #DCFF98 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: 18.80:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.12:1

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

#BB98FF sits half a turn (180°) from #DCFF98 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.

#DCFF98 #BB98FF

Analogous

#FFEF98 and #A9FF98 sit 30° to either side of #DCFF98. 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.

#FFEF98 #DCFF98 #A9FF98

Triadic

#DCFF98, #98DCFF and #FF98DC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DCFF98 #98DCFF #FF98DC

Split complementary

Start at #DCFF98 and look across the wheel. #98A9FF and #EE98FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DCFF98 #98A9FF #EE98FF

Square

Starting with #DCFF98, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #98FFEE, #BB98FF, then #FF98A9. Across the square, #DCFF98 pairs with #BB98FF, and #98FFEE with #FF98A9.

#DCFF98 #98FFEE #BB98FF #FF98A9

Tetradic

#DCFF98 and #BB98FF are opposites, as are #98FFBB and #FF98DC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DCFF98 #98FFBB #BB98FF #FF98DC

Tints

Mixing #DCFF98 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E3FFAD, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8FFEA, the mixture is 80% white.

#DCFF98 #E3FFAD #EAFFC1 #F1FFD6 #F8FFEA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DCFF98 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B0CC7A, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C331E, the mixture is 80% black.

#DCFF98 #B0CC7A #84995B #58663D #2C331E #000000

Tones

Mixing #DCFF98 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CAE693, keeps 80% of the original. By #929985, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DCFF98 #CAE693 #B7CC8E #A5B38A #929985 #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

#DCFF98

RGB

rgb(220 255 152)

HSL

hsl(80.388 100.000% 79.804%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DCFF98;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DCFF98 uses 220 red, 255 green and 152 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 86.3%

Green 100.0%

Blue 59.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DCFF98 is 13.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 40.4% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 13.7%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 40.4%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDFF99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DF9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DCFF98 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFF99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDFF99 Nearest web-safe: #CCFF99

Gradient to complement

#DCFF98 #D7EEA9 #D1DDBA #CCCCCC #C6BADD #C1A9EE #BB98FF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DCFF98 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.

#FFF390

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.

#FFF29D

Tritanopia

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

#E3F6E6

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.

#FBF795

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.

#F9F69B

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DFFCB9

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#F2F2F2

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.

#E7F9CC

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 1.00000 B 0.31399

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 0.88918 G 0.99584 B 0.64257

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.76617 G 0.99056 B 0.37052

CIE xyY

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

x 0.349 y 0.438 Y 89.002

CMY

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

C % 13.725 M % 0.000 Y % 40.392

Binary RGB

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

11011100 11111111 10011000