#DECFDE

sRGB: 222 / 207 / 222

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#DECFDE belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 207 green and 222 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 300.0° lands in the magenta region. Its 18.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.1% 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 (14.09:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 207, 222
HSL: 300.00°, 18.52%, 84.12%
HSV / HSB: 300.00°, 6.76%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 6.76%, 0.00%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 65.619, 65.430, 78.282
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.705, 7.840, -5.528
WCAG relative luminance: 0.65429
24-bit decimal: 14602206

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 #DECFDE 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: 14.09:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.49:1

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

#CFDECF sits half a turn (180°) from #DECFDE 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.

#DECFDE #CFDECF

Analogous

#D7CFDE and #DECFD7 sit 30° to either side of #DECFDE. 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.

#D7CFDE #DECFDE #DECFD7

Triadic

#DECFDE, #DEDECF and #CFDEDE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DECFDE #DEDECF #CFDEDE

Split complementary

Start at #DECFDE and look across the wheel. #D7DECF and #CFDED7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DECFDE #D7DECF #CFDED7

Square

Starting with #DECFDE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DED7CF, #CFDECF, then #CFD7DE. Across the square, #DECFDE pairs with #CFDECF, and #DED7CF with #CFD7DE.

#DECFDE #DED7CF #CFDECF #CFD7DE

Tetradic

#DECFDE and #CFDECF are opposites, as are #DECFCF and #CFDEDE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DECFDE #DECFCF #CFDECF #CFDEDE

Tints

Mixing #DECFDE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5D9E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F5F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#DECFDE #E5D9E5 #EBE2EB #F2ECF2 #F8F5F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DECFDE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A6B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C292C, the mixture is 80% black.

#DECFDE #B2A6B2 #857C85 #595359 #2C292C #000000

Tones

Mixing #DECFDE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBBFCB, keeps 80% of the original. By #939093, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DECFDE #CBBFCB #B8AFB8 #A6A0A6 #939093 #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

#DECFDE

RGB

rgb(222 207 222)

HSL

hsl(300.000 18.519% 84.118%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DECFDE uses 222 red, 207 green and 222 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 81.2%

Blue 87.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DECFDE is 0.0% cyan, 6.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 6.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#DECFDE #DCD2DC #D9D4D9 #D7D7D7 #D4D9D4 #D2DCD2 #CFDECF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DECFDE 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.

#CED2DF

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.

#D1D4DD

Tritanopia

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

#DFD0D4

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.

#D4D1DE

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.

#D5D2DE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DED0DA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D3D3D3

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.

#D9D1D9

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 0.62396 B 0.73046

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 0.86053 G 0.81381 B 0.86650

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.71155 G 0.62750 B 0.72275

CIE xyY

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

x 0.313 y 0.313 Y 65.430

CMY

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

C % 12.941 M % 18.824 Y % 12.941

Binary RGB

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

11011110 11001111 11011110