#DEDCC2

sRGB: 222 / 220 / 194

Thunderous oceans fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions thunder through timeless canyons
Boundless spirits disappear into mist

#DEDCC2 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 220 green and 194 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 55.7° lands in the yellow region. Its 29.8% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.6% 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, 220, 194
HSL: 55.71°, 29.79%, 81.57%
HSV / HSB: 55.71°, 12.61%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.90%, 12.61%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 65.452, 70.611, 61.222
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 87.296, -3.703, 13.034
WCAG relative luminance: 0.70611
24-bit decimal: 14605506

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 #DEDCC2 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

#C2C4DE sits half a turn (180°) from #DEDCC2 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.

#DEDCC2 #C2C4DE

Analogous

#DECEC2 and #D2DEC2 sit 30° to either side of #DEDCC2. 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.

#DECEC2 #DEDCC2 #D2DEC2

Triadic

#DEDCC2, #C2DEDC and #DCC2DE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DEDCC2 #C2DEDC #DCC2DE

Split complementary

Start at #DEDCC2 and look across the wheel. #C2D2DE and #CEC2DE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DEDCC2 #C2D2DE #CEC2DE

Square

Starting with #DEDCC2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C2DECE, #C2C4DE, then #DEC2D2. Across the square, #DEDCC2 pairs with #C2C4DE, and #C2DECE with #DEC2D2.

#DEDCC2 #C2DECE #C2C4DE #DEC2D2

Tetradic

#DEDCC2 and #C2C4DE are opposites, as are #C4DEC2 and #DCC2DE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DEDCC2 #C4DEC2 #C2C4DE #DCC2DE

Tints

Mixing #DEDCC2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5E3CE, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F8F3, the mixture is 80% white.

#DEDCC2 #E5E3CE #EBEADA #F2F1E7 #F8F8F3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DEDCC2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2B09B, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2C27, the mixture is 80% black.

#DEDCC2 #B2B09B #858474 #59584E #2C2C27 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DEDCC2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBCAB5, keeps 80% of the original. By #93928D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DEDCC2 #CBCAB5 #B8B7A8 #A6A59A #93928D #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

#DEDCC2

RGB

rgb(222 220 194)

HSL

hsl(55.714 29.787% 81.569%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DEDCC2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DEDCC2 uses 222 red, 220 green and 194 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 86.3%

Blue 76.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DEDCC2 is 0.0% cyan, 0.9% magenta, 12.6% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 0.9%

Yellow 12.6%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDDDBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DDB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DEDCC2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#DEDCC2 #D9D8C7 #D5D4CB #D0D0D0 #CBCCD5 #C7C8D9 #C2C4DE

Color vision previews

Compare how #DEDCC2 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.

#E1DAC1

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.

#E2DBC3

Tritanopia

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

#E3D8D5

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.

#E0DBC1

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.

#E1DBC2

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DFDBC9

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.

#DCDBCF

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 0.71569 B 0.53948

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 0.86920 G 0.86301 B 0.77079

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.72784 G 0.71618 B 0.55550

CIE xyY

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

x 0.332 y 0.358 Y 70.611

CMY

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

C % 12.941 M % 13.725 Y % 23.922

Binary RGB

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

11011110 11011100 11000010