#DEEFCA

sRGB: 222 / 239 / 202

Thunderous oceans fracture ancient heavens
Immortal legends transform the fabric of existence
Boundless spirits illuminate hidden worlds

#DEEFCA belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 239 green and 202 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 87.6° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 53.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.5% 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 (17.31:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 239, 202
HSL: 87.57°, 53.62%, 86.47%
HSV / HSB: 87.57°, 15.48%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 7.11%, 0.00%, 15.48%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 71.648, 81.527, 67.841
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.365, -12.041, 16.028
WCAG relative luminance: 0.81527
24-bit decimal: 14610378

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 #DEEFCA 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: 17.31:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.21:1

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

#DBCAEF sits half a turn (180°) from #DEEFCA 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.

#DEEFCA #DBCAEF

Analogous

#EFEECA and #CCEFCA sit 30° to either side of #DEEFCA. 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.

#EFEECA #DEEFCA #CCEFCA

Triadic

#DEEFCA, #CADEEF and #EFCADE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DEEFCA #CADEEF #EFCADE

Split complementary

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

#DEEFCA #CACCEF #EDCAEF

Square

Starting with #DEEFCA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CAEFED, #DBCAEF, then #EFCACC. Across the square, #DEEFCA pairs with #DBCAEF, and #CAEFED with #EFCACC.

#DEEFCA #CAEFED #DBCAEF #EFCACC

Tetradic

#DEEFCA and #DBCAEF are opposites, as are #CAEFDB and #EFCADE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DEEFCA #CAEFDB #DBCAEF #EFCADE

Tints

Mixing #DEEFCA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5F2D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8FCF4, the mixture is 80% white.

#DEEFCA #E5F2D5 #EBF5DF #F2F9EA #F8FCF4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DEEFCA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2BFA2, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C3028, the mixture is 80% black.

#DEEFCA #B2BFA2 #858F79 #596051 #2C3028 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DEEFCA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBD9BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #93968F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DEEFCA #CBD9BB #B8C3AC #A6AC9E #93968F #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

#DEEFCA

RGB

rgb(222 239 202)

HSL

hsl(87.568 53.623% 86.471%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DEEFCA uses 222 red, 239 green and 202 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 93.7%

Blue 79.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DEEFCA is 7.1% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 15.5% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.1%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 15.5%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #DDEECC Nearest web-safe: #CCFFCC

Gradient to complement

#DEEFCA #DEE9D0 #DDE3D6 #DDDDDD #DCD6E3 #DCD0E9 #DBCAEF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DEEFCA 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.

#F3EAC8

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.

#F1E9CC

Tritanopia

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

#E0EBE5

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.

#ECEBC9

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.

#EBEBCB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DFEED4

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E9E9E9

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.

#E4ECDA

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 0.86316 B 0.59062

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 0.88291 G 0.93514 B 0.80524

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.75402 G 0.85875 B 0.61274

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 0.369 Y 81.527

CMY

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

C % 12.941 M % 6.275 Y % 20.784

Binary RGB

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

11011110 11101111 11001010