#DECAF4

sRGB: 222 / 202 / 244

Thunderous oceans fracture ancient heavens
Majestic waterfalls awaken beneath celestial skies
Celestial symphonies drift toward tomorrow

#DECAF4 belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 202 green and 244 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 268.6° lands in the violet region. Its 65.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 87.5% 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 (13.86:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 202, 244
HSL: 268.57°, 65.63%, 87.45%
HSV / HSB: 268.57°, 17.21%, 95.69%
CMYK (approx.): 9.02%, 17.21%, 0.00%, 4.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 67.571, 64.303, 94.443
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.123, 14.685, -18.097
WCAG relative luminance: 0.64302
24-bit decimal: 14600948

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 #DECAF4 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: 13.86:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.52:1

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

#E0F4CA sits half a turn (180°) from #DECAF4 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.

#DECAF4 #E0F4CA

Analogous

#CACBF4 and #F3CAF4 sit 30° to either side of #DECAF4. 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.

#CACBF4 #DECAF4 #F3CAF4

Triadic

#DECAF4, #F4DECA and #CAF4DE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DECAF4 #F4DECA #CAF4DE

Split complementary

Start at #DECAF4 and look across the wheel. #F4F3CA and #CBF4CA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DECAF4 #F4F3CA #CBF4CA

Square

Starting with #DECAF4, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #F4CACB, #E0F4CA, then #CAF4F3. Across the square, #DECAF4 pairs with #E0F4CA, and #F4CACB with #CAF4F3.

#DECAF4 #F4CACB #E0F4CA #CAF4F3

Tetradic

#DECAF4 and #E0F4CA are opposites, as are #F4CAE0 and #CAF4DE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DECAF4 #F4CAE0 #E0F4CA #CAF4DE

Tints

Mixing #DECAF4 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5D5F6, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F4FD, the mixture is 80% white.

#DECAF4 #E5D5F6 #EBDFF8 #F2EAFB #F8F4FD #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DECAF4 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A2C3, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2831, the mixture is 80% black.

#DECAF4 #B2A2C3 #857992 #595162 #2C2831 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DECAF4 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBBBDD, keeps 80% of the original. By #938F97, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DECAF4 #CBBBDD #B8ACC6 #A69EAE #938F97 #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

#DECAF4

RGB

rgb(222 202 244)

HSL

hsl(268.571 65.625% 87.451%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DECAF4;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DECAF4 uses 222 red, 202 green and 244 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 79.2%

Blue 95.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DECAF4 is 9.0% cyan, 17.2% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 4.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 9.0%

Magenta 17.2%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 4.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDCCEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DCE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DECAF4 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDCCEE Nearest web-safe: #CCCCFF

Gradient to complement

#DECAF4 #DED1ED #DFD8E6 #DFDFDF #DFE6D8 #E0EDD1 #E0F4CA

Color vision previews

Compare how #DECAF4 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.

#C3D1F6

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.

#C7D2F3

Tritanopia

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

#DBCFD8

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.

#CDCFF5

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.

#CED0F3

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DCCCEA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D2D2D2

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.

#D8CEE4

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 0.73046 G 0.59062 B 0.90466

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 0.85735 G 0.79492 B 0.94478

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.70563 G 0.59526 B 0.87895

CIE xyY

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

x 0.299 y 0.284 Y 64.303

CMY

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

C % 12.941 M % 20.784 Y % 4.314

Binary RGB

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

11011110 11001010 11110100