#DECBC9

sRGB: 222 / 203 / 201

Thunderous oceans fracture ancient heavens
Majestic waterfalls shimmer across boundless heavens
Boundless spirits reveal unspoken wonders

#DECBC9 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 203 green and 201 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 5.7° lands in the red region. Its 24.1% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 82.9% 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 (13.49:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 203, 201
HSL: 5.71°, 24.14%, 82.94%
HSV / HSB: 5.71°, 9.46%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 8.56%, 9.46%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 62.020, 62.459, 64.049
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.157, 6.280, 3.395
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62459
24-bit decimal: 14601161

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 #DECBC9 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: 13.49:1

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

#C9DCDE sits half a turn (180°) from #DECBC9 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.

#DECBC9 #C9DCDE

Analogous

#DEC9D2 and #DED5C9 sit 30° to either side of #DECBC9. 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.

#DEC9D2 #DECBC9 #DED5C9

Triadic

#DECBC9, #C9DECB and #CBC9DE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DECBC9 #C9DECB #CBC9DE

Split complementary

Start at #DECBC9 and look across the wheel. #C9DED5 and #C9D2DE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DECBC9 #C9DED5 #C9D2DE

Square

Starting with #DECBC9, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D2DEC9, #C9DCDE, then #D5C9DE. Across the square, #DECBC9 pairs with #C9DCDE, and #D2DEC9 with #D5C9DE.

#DECBC9 #D2DEC9 #C9DCDE #D5C9DE

Tetradic

#DECBC9 and #C9DCDE are opposites, as are #DCDEC9 and #CBC9DE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DECBC9 #DCDEC9 #C9DCDE #CBC9DE

Tints

Mixing #DECBC9 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5D5D4, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F5F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#DECBC9 #E5D5D4 #EBE0DF #F2EAE9 #F8F5F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DECBC9 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A2A1, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2928, the mixture is 80% black.

#DECBC9 #B2A2A1 #857A79 #595150 #2C2928 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DECBC9 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBBCBA, keeps 80% of the original. By #938F8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DECBC9 #CBBCBA #B8ADAC #A69E9D #938F8F #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

#DECBC9

RGB

rgb(222 203 201)

HSL

hsl(5.714 24.138% 82.941%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DECBC9;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DECBC9 uses 222 red, 203 green and 201 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 79.6%

Blue 78.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DECBC9 is 0.0% cyan, 8.6% magenta, 9.5% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 8.6%

Yellow 9.5%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDCCCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DCC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DECBC9 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDCCCC Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#DECBC9 #DBCECD #D7D1D0 #D4D4D4 #D0D6D7 #CDD9DB #C9DCDE

Color vision previews

Compare how #DECBC9 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.

#CECDC9

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.

#D3D0C9

Tritanopia

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

#E3C9CA

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.

#D4CDC9

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.

#D6CFC9

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DECBCA

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.

#D7CDCC

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 0.59720 B 0.58408

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 0.85798 G 0.79870 B 0.79031

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.70680 G 0.60163 B 0.58753

CIE xyY

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

x 0.329 y 0.331 Y 62.459

CMY

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

C % 12.941 M % 20.392 Y % 21.176

Binary RGB

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

11011110 11001011 11001001