#DED4DF

sRGB: 222 / 212 / 223

Thunderous oceans fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions breathe beneath silver clouds
Fierce revelations echo beyond eternity

#DED4DF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 212 green and 223 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 294.5° lands in the magenta region. Its 14.7% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 85.3% 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 (14.59:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 212, 223
HSL: 294.55°, 14.67%, 85.29%
HSV / HSB: 294.55°, 4.93%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.45%, 4.93%, 0.00%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.984, 67.944, 79.400
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.979, 5.392, -4.181
WCAG relative luminance: 0.67944
24-bit decimal: 14603487

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 #DED4DF 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: 14.59:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.44:1

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

#D5DFD4 sits half a turn (180°) from #DED4DF 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.

#DED4DF #D5DFD4

Analogous

#D9D4DF and #DFD4DB sit 30° to either side of #DED4DF. 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.

#D9D4DF #DED4DF #DFD4DB

Triadic

#DED4DF, #DFDED4 and #D4DFDE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DED4DF #DFDED4 #D4DFDE

Split complementary

Start at #DED4DF and look across the wheel. #DBDFD4 and #D4DFD9 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DED4DF #DBDFD4 #D4DFD9

Square

Starting with #DED4DF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DFD9D4, #D5DFD4, then #D4DBDF. Across the square, #DED4DF pairs with #D5DFD4, and #DFD9D4 with #D4DBDF.

#DED4DF #DFD9D4 #D5DFD4 #D4DBDF

Tetradic

#DED4DF and #D5DFD4 are opposites, as are #DFD4D5 and #D4DFDE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DED4DF #DFD4D5 #D5DFD4 #D4DFDE

Tints

Mixing #DED4DF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5DDE5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F6F9, the mixture is 80% white.

#DED4DF #E5DDE5 #EBE5EC #F2EEF2 #F8F6F9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DED4DF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2AAB2, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2A2D, the mixture is 80% black.

#DED4DF #B2AAB2 #857F86 #595559 #2C2A2D #000000

Tones

Mixing #DED4DF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBC3CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #939193, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DED4DF #CBC3CC #B8B2B9 #A6A2A6 #939193 #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

#DED4DF

RGB

rgb(222 212 223)

HSL

hsl(294.545 14.667% 85.294%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DED4DF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DED4DF uses 222 red, 212 green and 223 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 83.1%

Blue 87.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DED4DF is 0.4% cyan, 4.9% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.4%

Magenta 4.9%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 12.5%

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 #DED4DF 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

#DED4DF #DDD6DD #DBD8DB #DADADA #D8DBD8 #D7DDD6 #D5DFD4

Color vision previews

Compare how #DED4DF 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.

#D3D6E0

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.

#D5D7DF

Tritanopia

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

#DFD5D7

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.

#D7D6DF

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.

#D8D6DF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DED4DC

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D7D7D7

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.

#DBD5DB

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 0.65837 B 0.73791

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 0.86380 G 0.83271 B 0.87141

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.71766 G 0.66077 B 0.73202

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 0.317 Y 67.944

CMY

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

C % 12.941 M % 16.863 Y % 12.549

Binary RGB

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

11011110 11010100 11011111