#DDCEBB

sRGB: 221 / 206 / 187

Thunderous oceans command forgotten kingdoms
Majestic waterfalls transcend the boundaries of time
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#DDCEBB belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 221 red, 206 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 33.5° lands in the orange region. Its 33.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.0% 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 (13.62:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 221, 206, 187
HSL: 33.53°, 33.33%, 80.00%
HSV / HSB: 33.53°, 15.38%, 86.67%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 6.79%, 15.38%, 13.33%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 60.857, 63.103, 55.990
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.497, 2.088, 11.326
WCAG relative luminance: 0.63103
24-bit decimal: 14536379

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 #DDCEBB 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: 13.62:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.54:1

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

#BBCADD sits half a turn (180°) from #DDCEBB 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.

#DDCEBB #BBCADD

Analogous

#DDBDBB and #DBDDBB sit 30° to either side of #DDCEBB. 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.

#DDBDBB #DDCEBB #DBDDBB

Triadic

#DDCEBB, #BBDDCE and #CEBBDD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DDCEBB #BBDDCE #CEBBDD

Split complementary

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

#DDCEBB #BBDBDD #BDBBDD

Square

Starting with #DDCEBB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BBDDBD, #BBCADD, then #DDBBDB. Across the square, #DDCEBB pairs with #BBCADD, and #BBDDBD with #DDBBDB.

#DDCEBB #BBDDBD #BBCADD #DDBBDB

Tetradic

#DDCEBB and #BBCADD are opposites, as are #CADDBB and #CEBBDD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DDCEBB #CADDBB #BBCADD #CEBBDD

Tints

Mixing #DDCEBB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E4D8C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F5F1, the mixture is 80% white.

#DDCEBB #E4D8C9 #EBE2D6 #F1EBE4 #F8F5F1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DDCEBB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B1A596, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2925, the mixture is 80% black.

#DDCEBB #B1A596 #857C70 #58524B #2C2925 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DDCEBB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CABEAF, keeps 80% of the original. By #93908C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DDCEBB #CABEAF #B8AFA3 #A59F98 #93908C #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

#DDCEBB

RGB

rgb(221 206 187)

HSL

hsl(33.529 33.333% 80.000%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DDCEBB uses 221 red, 206 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 86.7%

Green 80.8%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DDCEBB is 0.0% cyan, 6.8% magenta, 15.4% yellow and 13.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 6.8%

Yellow 15.4%

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 #DDCEBB 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

#DDCEBB #D7CDC1 #D2CDC6 #CCCCCC #C6CBD2 #C1CBD7 #BBCADD

Color vision previews

Compare how #DDCEBB 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.

#D4CEBA

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.

#D8D2BB

Tritanopia

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

#E3CAC9

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.

#D7CEBA

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.

#D9D0BB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DECDC0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D0D0D0

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.

#D7CFC6

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 0.61721 B 0.49693

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 0.85661 G 0.80989 B 0.74158

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.70426 G 0.62072 B 0.50950

CIE xyY

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

x 0.338 y 0.351 Y 63.103

CMY

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

C % 13.333 M % 19.216 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

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

11011101 11001110 10111011