#DDCEBC

sRGB: 221 / 206 / 188

Thunderous oceans command forgotten kingdoms
Majestic waterfalls transcend the boundaries of time
Eternal flames awaken sleeping galaxies

#DDCEBC belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 221 red, 206 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 32.7° lands in the orange region. Its 32.7% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.2% 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 (13.63:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 221, 206, 188
HSL: 32.73°, 32.67%, 80.20%
HSV / HSB: 32.73°, 14.93%, 86.67%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 6.79%, 14.93%, 13.33%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 60.965, 63.146, 56.555
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.519, 2.244, 10.827
WCAG relative luminance: 0.63146
24-bit decimal: 14536380

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 #DDCEBC 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: 13.63:1

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

#BCCBDD sits half a turn (180°) from #DDCEBC 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.

#DDCEBC #BCCBDD

Analogous

#DDBEBC and #DBDDBC sit 30° to either side of #DDCEBC. 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.

#DDBEBC #DDCEBC #DBDDBC

Triadic

#DDCEBC, #BCDDCE and #CEBCDD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DDCEBC #BCDDCE #CEBCDD

Split complementary

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

#DDCEBC #BCDBDD #BEBCDD

Square

Starting with #DDCEBC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BCDDBE, #BCCBDD, then #DDBCDB. Across the square, #DDCEBC pairs with #BCCBDD, and #BCDDBE with #DDBCDB.

#DDCEBC #BCDDBE #BCCBDD #DDBCDB

Tetradic

#DDCEBC and #BCCBDD are opposites, as are #CBDDBC and #CEBCDD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DDCEBC #CBDDBC #BCCBDD #CEBCDD

Tints

Mixing #DDCEBC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E4D8C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F5F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#DDCEBC #E4D8C9 #EBE2D7 #F1EBE4 #F8F5F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DDCEBC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B1A596, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2926, the mixture is 80% black.

#DDCEBC #B1A596 #857C71 #58524B #2C2926 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DDCEBC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CABEB0, keeps 80% of the original. By #93908C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DDCEBC #CABEB0 #B8AFA4 #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

#DDCEBC

RGB

rgb(221 206 188)

HSL

hsl(32.727 32.673% 80.196%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DDCEBC uses 221 red, 206 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 86.7%

Green 80.8%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DDCEBC is 0.0% cyan, 6.8% magenta, 14.9% 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 14.9%

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 #DDCEBC 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

#DDCEBC #D8CEC2 #D2CDC7 #CDCDCD #C7CCD2 #C2CCD8 #BCCBDD

Color vision previews

Compare how #DDCEBC 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.

#D4CEBB

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.

#D7D2BC

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.

#D7CEBB

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.

#D9D0BC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DECDC1

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 0.50289

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 0.74510

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.70426 G 0.62072 B 0.51492

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 0.350 Y 63.146

CMY

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

C % 13.333 M % 19.216 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

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

11011101 11001110 10111100