#DEE2BE

sRGB: 222 / 226 / 190

Thunderous oceans fracture ancient heavens
Immortal legends tremble in empty gardens
Eternal flames transcend the limits of dreams

#DEE2BE belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 226 green and 190 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 66.7° lands in the yellow region. Its 38.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue 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 (15.73:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 226, 190
HSL: 66.67°, 38.30%, 81.57%
HSV / HSB: 66.67°, 15.93%, 88.63%
CMYK (approx.): 1.77%, 0.00%, 15.93%, 11.37%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.612, 73.640, 59.422
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 88.752, -7.388, 17.179
WCAG relative luminance: 0.73640
24-bit decimal: 14607038

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 #DEE2BE 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: 15.73:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.34:1

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

#C2BEE2 sits half a turn (180°) from #DEE2BE 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.

#DEE2BE #C2BEE2

Analogous

#E2D4BE and #CCE2BE sit 30° to either side of #DEE2BE. 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.

#E2D4BE #DEE2BE #CCE2BE

Triadic

#DEE2BE, #BEDEE2 and #E2BEDE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DEE2BE #BEDEE2 #E2BEDE

Split complementary

Start at #DEE2BE and look across the wheel. #BECCE2 and #D4BEE2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DEE2BE #BECCE2 #D4BEE2

Square

Starting with #DEE2BE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BEE2D4, #C2BEE2, then #E2BECC. Across the square, #DEE2BE pairs with #C2BEE2, and #BEE2D4 with #E2BECC.

#DEE2BE #BEE2D4 #C2BEE2 #E2BECC

Tetradic

#DEE2BE and #C2BEE2 are opposites, as are #BEE2C2 and #E2BEDE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DEE2BE #BEE2C2 #C2BEE2 #E2BEDE

Tints

Mixing #DEE2BE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5E8CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F9F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#DEE2BE #E5E8CB #EBEED8 #F2F3E5 #F8F9F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DEE2BE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2B598, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2D26, the mixture is 80% black.

#DEE2BE #B2B598 #858872 #595A4C #2C2D26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DEE2BE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBCEB2, keeps 80% of the original. By #93948C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DEE2BE #CBCEB2 #B8BBA5 #A6A799 #93948C #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

#DEE2BE

RGB

rgb(222 226 190)

HSL

hsl(66.667 38.298% 81.569%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DEE2BE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DEE2BE uses 222 red, 226 green and 190 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 88.6%

Blue 74.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DEE2BE is 1.8% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 15.9% yellow and 11.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.8%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 15.9%

Black 11.4%

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 #DEE2BE 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

#DEE2BE #D9DCC4 #D5D6CA #D0D0D0 #CBCAD6 #C7C4DC #C2BEE2

Color vision previews

Compare how #DEE2BE 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.

#E8DEBC

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.

#E8DFBF

Tritanopia

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

#E3DDD8

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.

#E5E0BD

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.

#E5E0BF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DFE0C8

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DFDFDF

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.

#DEE0CF

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 0.76052 B 0.51492

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 0.87340 G 0.88576 B 0.75883

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.73580 G 0.75953 B 0.53638

CIE xyY

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

x 0.334 y 0.369 Y 73.640

CMY

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

C % 12.941 M % 11.373 Y % 25.490

Binary RGB

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

11011110 11100010 10111110