#DEDBD7

sRGB: 222 / 219 / 215

Thunderous oceans fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions shimmer across boundless heavens
Fierce revelations embrace the coming dawn

#DEDBD7 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 219 green and 215 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 34.3° lands in the orange region. Its 9.6% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 85.7% 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 (15.22:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 219, 215
HSL: 34.29°, 9.59%, 85.69%
HSV / HSB: 34.29°, 3.15%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 1.35%, 3.15%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 67.718, 71.099, 74.448
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 87.533, 0.312, 2.322
WCAG relative luminance: 0.71099
24-bit decimal: 14605271

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 #DEDBD7 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: 15.22:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.38:1

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

#D7DADE sits half a turn (180°) from #DEDBD7 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.

#DEDBD7 #D7DADE

Analogous

#DED8D7 and #DEDED7 sit 30° to either side of #DEDBD7. 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.

#DED8D7 #DEDBD7 #DEDED7

Triadic

#DEDBD7, #D7DEDB and #DBD7DE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DEDBD7 #D7DEDB #DBD7DE

Split complementary

Start at #DEDBD7 and look across the wheel. #D7DEDE and #D8D7DE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DEDBD7 #D7DEDE #D8D7DE

Square

Starting with #DEDBD7, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D7DED8, #D7DADE, then #DED7DE. Across the square, #DEDBD7 pairs with #D7DADE, and #D7DED8 with #DED7DE.

#DEDBD7 #D7DED8 #D7DADE #DED7DE

Tetradic

#DEDBD7 and #D7DADE are opposites, as are #DADED7 and #DBD7DE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DEDBD7 #DADED7 #D7DADE #DBD7DE

Tints

Mixing #DEDBD7 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5E2DF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F8F7, the mixture is 80% white.

#DEDBD7 #E5E2DF #EBE9E7 #F2F1EF #F8F8F7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DEDBD7 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2AFAC, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2C2B, the mixture is 80% black.

#DEDBD7 #B2AFAC #858381 #595856 #2C2C2B #000000

Tones

Mixing #DEDBD7 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBC9C6, keeps 80% of the original. By #939291, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DEDBD7 #CBC9C6 #B8B7B4 #A6A4A3 #939291 #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

#DEDBD7

RGB

rgb(222 219 215)

HSL

hsl(34.286 9.589% 85.686%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DEDBD7;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DEDBD7 uses 222 red, 219 green and 215 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 85.9%

Blue 84.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DEDBD7 is 0.0% cyan, 1.4% magenta, 3.2% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 1.4%

Yellow 3.2%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDDDDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DDD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DEDBD7 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#DEDBD7 #DDDBD8 #DCDBD9 #DBDBDB #D9DADC #D8DADD #D7DADE

Color vision previews

Compare how #DEDBD7 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.

#DCDBD7

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.

#DDDCD7

Tritanopia

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

#DFDADA

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.

#DDDBD7

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.

#DDDBD7

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DEDBD8

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.

#DDDBD9

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 0.67954

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 0.84476

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.72654 G 0.70911 B 0.68250

CIE xyY

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

x 0.318 y 0.333 Y 71.099

CMY

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

C % 12.941 M % 14.118 Y % 15.686

Binary RGB

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

11011110 11011011 11010111