#DEDBCD

sRGB: 222 / 219 / 205

Thunderous oceans fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions shimmer across boundless heavens
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#DEDBCD belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 219 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 49.4° lands in the yellow region. Its 20.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.7% 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 (15.12:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 219, 205
HSL: 49.41°, 20.48%, 83.73%
HSV / HSB: 49.41°, 7.66%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 1.35%, 7.66%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.472, 70.601, 67.885
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 87.291, -1.399, 7.241
WCAG relative luminance: 0.70600
24-bit decimal: 14605261

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 #DEDBCD 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: 15.12:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.39:1

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

#CDD0DE sits half a turn (180°) from #DEDBCD 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.

#DEDBCD #CDD0DE

Analogous

#DED3CD and #D9DECD sit 30° to either side of #DEDBCD. 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.

#DED3CD #DEDBCD #D9DECD

Triadic

#DEDBCD, #CDDEDB and #DBCDDE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DEDBCD #CDDEDB #DBCDDE

Split complementary

Start at #DEDBCD and look across the wheel. #CDD9DE and #D3CDDE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DEDBCD #CDD9DE #D3CDDE

Square

Starting with #DEDBCD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CDDED3, #CDD0DE, then #DECDD9. Across the square, #DEDBCD pairs with #CDD0DE, and #CDDED3 with #DECDD9.

#DEDBCD #CDDED3 #CDD0DE #DECDD9

Tetradic

#DEDBCD and #CDD0DE are opposites, as are #D0DECD and #DBCDDE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DEDBCD #D0DECD #CDD0DE #DBCDDE

Tints

Mixing #DEDBCD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5E2D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F8F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#DEDBCD #E5E2D7 #EBE9E1 #F2F1EB #F8F8F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DEDBCD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2AFA4, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2C29, the mixture is 80% black.

#DEDBCD #B2AFA4 #85837B #595852 #2C2C29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DEDBCD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBC9BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #93928F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DEDBCD #CBC9BE #B8B7AE #A6A49F #93928F #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

#DEDBCD

RGB

rgb(222 219 205)

HSL

hsl(49.412 20.482% 83.725%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DEDBCD uses 222 red, 219 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 85.9%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DEDBCD is 0.0% cyan, 1.4% magenta, 7.7% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 1.4%

Yellow 7.7%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#DEDBCD #DBD9D0 #D8D7D3 #D6D6D6 #D3D4D8 #D0D2DB #CDD0DE

Color vision previews

Compare how #DEDBCD 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.

#DEDACC

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.

#DFDBCD

Tritanopia

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

#E1D9D7

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.

#DEDACD

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.

#DFDBCD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DFDAD1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DBDBDB

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.

#DCDBD4

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 0.70838 B 0.61050

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 0.86851 G 0.85922 B 0.80925

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.72654 G 0.70911 B 0.61963

CIE xyY

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

x 0.324 y 0.344 Y 70.601

CMY

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

C % 12.941 M % 14.118 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11011110 11011011 11001101