#DED1CE

sRGB: 222 / 209 / 206

Thunderous oceans fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions disappear beneath stillness
Boundless spirits transcend the limits of dreams

#DED1CE belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 209 green and 206 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 11.2° lands in the red region. Its 19.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.9% 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 (14.12:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 209, 206
HSL: 11.25°, 19.51%, 83.92%
HSV / HSB: 11.25°, 7.21%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.86%, 7.21%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 64.062, 65.587, 67.679
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.785, 3.970, 3.095
WCAG relative luminance: 0.65587
24-bit decimal: 14602702

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 #DED1CE 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: 14.12:1

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

#CEDBDE sits half a turn (180°) from #DED1CE 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.

#DED1CE #CEDBDE

Analogous

#DECED3 and #DED9CE sit 30° to either side of #DED1CE. 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.

#DECED3 #DED1CE #DED9CE

Triadic

#DED1CE, #CEDED1 and #D1CEDE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DED1CE #CEDED1 #D1CEDE

Split complementary

Start at #DED1CE and look across the wheel. #CEDED9 and #CED3DE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DED1CE #CEDED9 #CED3DE

Square

Starting with #DED1CE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D3DECE, #CEDBDE, then #D9CEDE. Across the square, #DED1CE pairs with #CEDBDE, and #D3DECE with #D9CEDE.

#DED1CE #D3DECE #CEDBDE #D9CEDE

Tetradic

#DED1CE and #CEDBDE are opposites, as are #DBDECE and #D1CEDE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DED1CE #DBDECE #CEDBDE #D1CEDE

Tints

Mixing #DED1CE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5DAD8, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F6F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#DED1CE #E5DAD8 #EBE3E2 #F2EDEB #F8F6F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DED1CE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A7A5, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2A29, the mixture is 80% black.

#DED1CE #B2A7A5 #857D7C #595452 #2C2A29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DED1CE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBC1BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #939090, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DED1CE #CBC1BE #B8B1AF #A6A09F #939090 #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

#DED1CE

RGB

rgb(222 209 206)

HSL

hsl(11.250 19.512% 83.922%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DED1CE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DED1CE uses 222 red, 209 green and 206 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 82.0%

Blue 80.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DED1CE is 0.0% cyan, 5.9% magenta, 7.2% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 5.9%

Yellow 7.2%

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 #DED1CE 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

#DED1CE #DBD3D1 #D9D4D3 #D6D6D6 #D3D8D9 #D1D9DB #CEDBDE

Color vision previews

Compare how #DED1CE 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.

#D4D2CE

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.

#D7D5CE

Tritanopia

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

#E2CFD0

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.

#D7D2CE

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.

#D9D3CE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DED1CF

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D4D4D4

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.

#D9D2D1

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 0.63760 B 0.61721

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 0.86183 G 0.82137 B 0.80983

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.71397 G 0.64068 B 0.62062

CIE xyY

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

x 0.325 y 0.332 Y 65.587

CMY

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

C % 12.941 M % 18.039 Y % 19.216

Binary RGB

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

11011110 11010001 11001110