#DECBD2

sRGB: 222 / 203 / 210

Thunderous oceans fracture ancient heavens
Majestic waterfalls shimmer across boundless heavens
Fierce revelations disappear into mist

#DECBD2 belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 203 green and 210 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 337.9° lands in the rose region. Its 22.4% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.3% 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 (13.58:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 203, 210
HSL: 337.89°, 22.35%, 83.33%
HSV / HSB: 337.89°, 8.56%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 8.56%, 5.41%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 63.110, 62.895, 69.790
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.387, 7.814, -1.072
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62895
24-bit decimal: 14601170

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 #DECBD2 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: 13.58:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.55:1

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

#CBDED7 sits half a turn (180°) from #DECBD2 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.

#DECBD2 #CBDED7

Analogous

#DECBDC and #DECDCB sit 30° to either side of #DECBD2. 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.

#DECBDC #DECBD2 #DECDCB

Triadic

#DECBD2, #D2DECB and #CBD2DE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DECBD2 #D2DECB #CBD2DE

Split complementary

Start at #DECBD2 and look across the wheel. #CBDECD and #CBDCDE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DECBD2 #CBDECD #CBDCDE

Square

Starting with #DECBD2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DCDECB, #CBDED7, then #CDCBDE. Across the square, #DECBD2 pairs with #CBDED7, and #DCDECB with #CDCBDE.

#DECBD2 #DCDECB #CBDED7 #CDCBDE

Tetradic

#DECBD2 and #CBDED7 are opposites, as are #DED7CB and #CBD2DE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DECBD2 #DED7CB #CBDED7 #CBD2DE

Tints

Mixing #DECBD2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5D5DB, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F5F6, the mixture is 80% white.

#DECBD2 #E5D5DB #EBE0E4 #F2EAED #F8F5F6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DECBD2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A2A8, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C292A, the mixture is 80% black.

#DECBD2 #B2A2A8 #857A7E #595154 #2C292A #000000

Tones

Mixing #DECBD2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBBCC2, keeps 80% of the original. By #938F90, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DECBD2 #CBBCC2 #B8ADB1 #A69EA1 #938F90 #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

#DECBD2

RGB

rgb(222 203 210)

HSL

hsl(337.895 22.353% 83.333%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DECBD2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DECBD2 uses 222 red, 203 green and 210 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 79.6%

Blue 82.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DECBD2 is 0.0% cyan, 8.6% magenta, 5.4% 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 5.4%

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 #DECBD2 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

#DECBD2 #DBCED3 #D8D1D4 #D5D5D5 #D1D8D5 #CEDBD6 #CBDED7

Color vision previews

Compare how #DECBD2 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.

#CDCED2

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.

#D1D1D2

Tritanopia

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

#E1CACD

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.

#D3CDD2

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.

#D5CFD2

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DECBD0

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.

#D7CDD1

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 0.64448

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 0.82242

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.70680 G 0.60163 B 0.64253

CIE xyY

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

x 0.322 y 0.321 Y 62.895

CMY

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

C % 12.941 M % 20.392 Y % 17.647

Binary RGB

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

11011110 11001011 11010010