#DEDECB

sRGB: 222 / 222 / 203

Thunderous oceans fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions transcend the boundaries of time
Boundless spirits defy the passing ages

#DEDECB belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 222 green and 203 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 60.0° lands in the yellow region. Its 22.4% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.3% 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 (15.42:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 222, 203
HSL: 60.00°, 22.35%, 83.33%
HSV / HSB: 60.00°, 8.56%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.00%, 8.56%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 67.022, 72.084, 66.885
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 88.009, -3.275, 9.323
WCAG relative luminance: 0.72084
24-bit decimal: 14606027

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 #DEDECB 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: 15.42:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.36:1

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

#CBCBDE sits half a turn (180°) from #DEDECB 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.

#DEDECB #CBCBDE

Analogous

#DED4CB and #D4DECB sit 30° to either side of #DEDECB. 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.

#DED4CB #DEDECB #D4DECB

Triadic

#DEDECB, #CBDEDE and #DECBDE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DEDECB #CBDEDE #DECBDE

Split complementary

Start at #DEDECB and look across the wheel. #CBD4DE and #D4CBDE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DEDECB #CBD4DE #D4CBDE

Square

Starting with #DEDECB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CBDED4, #CBCBDE, then #DECBD4. Across the square, #DEDECB pairs with #CBCBDE, and #CBDED4 with #DECBD4.

#DEDECB #CBDED4 #CBCBDE #DECBD4

Tetradic

#DEDECB and #CBCBDE are opposites, as are #CBDECB and #DECBDE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DEDECB #CBDECB #CBCBDE #DECBDE

Tints

Mixing #DEDECB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5E5D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F8F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#DEDECB #E5E5D5 #EBEBE0 #F2F2EA #F8F8F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DEDECB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2B2A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2C29, the mixture is 80% black.

#DEDECB #B2B2A2 #85857A #595951 #2C2C29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DEDECB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBCBBC, keeps 80% of the original. By #93938F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DEDECB #CBCBBC #B8B8AD #A6A69E #93938F #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

#DEDECB

RGB

rgb(222 222 203)

HSL

hsl(60.000 22.353% 83.333%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DEDECB uses 222 red, 222 green and 203 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 87.1%

Blue 79.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DEDECB is 0.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 8.6% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 8.6%

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 #DEDECB 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

#DEDECB #DBDBCE #D8D8D1 #D5D5D5 #D1D1D8 #CECEDB #CBCBDE

Color vision previews

Compare how #DEDECB 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.

#E2DCCA

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.

#E2DDCC

Tritanopia

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

#E1DBD8

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.

#E0DDCB

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.

#E1DDCB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DFDDD0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DDDDDD

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.

#DDDDD4

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 0.73046 B 0.59720

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 0.87059 G 0.87059 B 0.80312

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.73046 G 0.73046 B 0.60913

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 0.350 Y 72.084

CMY

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

C % 12.941 M % 12.941 Y % 20.392

Binary RGB

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

11011110 11011110 11001011