#DDCCBD

sRGB: 221 / 204 / 189

Thunderous oceans command forgotten kingdoms
Majestic waterfalls thunder through timeless canyons
Eternal flames shatter the chains of fate

#DDCCBD belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 221 red, 204 green and 189 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 28.1° lands in the orange region. Its 32.0% 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 (13.45:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 221, 204, 189
HSL: 28.13°, 32.00%, 80.39%
HSV / HSB: 28.13°, 14.48%, 86.67%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 7.69%, 14.48%, 13.33%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 60.594, 62.233, 56.966
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.037, 3.448, 9.608
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62232
24-bit decimal: 14535869

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 #DDCCBD 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: 13.45:1

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

#BDCEDD sits half a turn (180°) from #DDCCBD 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.

#DDCCBD #BDCEDD

Analogous

#DDBDBE and #DDDCBD sit 30° to either side of #DDCCBD. 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.

#DDBDBE #DDCCBD #DDDCBD

Triadic

#DDCCBD, #BDDDCC and #CCBDDD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DDCCBD #BDDDCC #CCBDDD

Split complementary

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

#DDCCBD #BDDDDC #BDBEDD

Square

Starting with #DDCCBD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BEDDBD, #BDCEDD, then #DCBDDD. Across the square, #DDCCBD pairs with #BDCEDD, and #BEDDBD with #DCBDDD.

#DDCCBD #BEDDBD #BDCEDD #DCBDDD

Tetradic

#DDCCBD and #BDCEDD are opposites, as are #CEDDBD and #CCBDDD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DDCCBD #CEDDBD #BDCEDD #CCBDDD

Tints

Mixing #DDCCBD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E4D6CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F5F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#DDCCBD #E4D6CA #EBE0D7 #F1EBE5 #F8F5F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DDCCBD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B1A397, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2926, the mixture is 80% black.

#DDCCBD #B1A397 #857A71 #58524C #2C2926 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DDCCBD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CABDB1, keeps 80% of the original. By #938F8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DDCCBD #CABDB1 #B8AEA5 #A59E98 #938F8C #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

#DDCCBD

RGB

rgb(221 204 189)

HSL

hsl(28.125 32.000% 80.392%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DDCCBD uses 221 red, 204 green and 189 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 86.7%

Green 80.0%

Blue 74.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DDCCBD is 0.0% cyan, 7.7% magenta, 14.5% yellow and 13.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 7.7%

Yellow 14.5%

Black 13.3%

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 #DDCCBD 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

#DDCCBD #D8CCC2 #D2CDC8 #CDCDCD #C8CDD2 #C2CED8 #BDCEDD

Color vision previews

Compare how #DDCCBD 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.

#D2CDBC

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.

#D6D0BD

Tritanopia

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

#E3C8C8

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.

#D6CDBC

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.

#D8CFBD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DECBC1

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.

#D6CDC6

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 0.72306 G 0.60383 B 0.50888

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 0.85533 G 0.80233 B 0.74800

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.70189 G 0.60779 B 0.51941

CIE xyY

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

x 0.337 y 0.346 Y 62.233

CMY

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

C % 13.333 M % 20.000 Y % 25.882

Binary RGB

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

11011101 11001100 10111101