#DFCBCD

sRGB: 223 / 203 / 205

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls shimmer across boundless heavens
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#DFCBCD belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 203 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 354.0° lands in the red region. Its 23.8% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.5% 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 (13.56:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 203, 205
HSL: 354.00°, 23.81%, 83.53%
HSV / HSB: 354.00°, 8.97%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 8.97%, 8.07%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 62.804, 62.808, 66.574
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.341, 7.305, 1.539
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62808
24-bit decimal: 14666701

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 #DFCBCD 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: 13.56:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.55:1

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

#CBDFDD sits half a turn (180°) from #DFCBCD 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.

#DFCBCD #CBDFDD

Analogous

#DFCBD7 and #DFD3CB sit 30° to either side of #DFCBCD. 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.

#DFCBD7 #DFCBCD #DFD3CB

Triadic

#DFCBCD, #CDDFCB and #CBCDDF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFCBCD #CDDFCB #CBCDDF

Split complementary

Start at #DFCBCD and look across the wheel. #CBDFD3 and #CBD7DF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFCBCD #CBDFD3 #CBD7DF

Square

Starting with #DFCBCD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D7DFCB, #CBDFDD, then #D3CBDF. Across the square, #DFCBCD pairs with #CBDFDD, and #D7DFCB with #D3CBDF.

#DFCBCD #D7DFCB #CBDFDD #D3CBDF

Tetradic

#DFCBCD and #CBDFDD are opposites, as are #DFDDCB and #CBCDDF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFCBCD #DFDDCB #CBDFDD #CBCDDF

Tints

Mixing #DFCBCD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5D5D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F5F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFCBCD #E5D5D7 #ECE0E1 #F2EAEB #F9F5F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFCBCD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A2A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2929, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFCBCD #B2A2A4 #867A7B #595152 #2D2929 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFCBCD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCBCBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #938F8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFCBCD #CCBCBE #B9ADAE #A69E9F #938F8F #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

#DFCBCD

RGB

rgb(223 203 205)

HSL

hsl(354.000 23.810% 83.529%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFCBCD uses 223 red, 203 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 79.6%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFCBCD is 0.0% cyan, 9.0% magenta, 8.1% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 9.0%

Yellow 8.1%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#DFCBCD #DCCED0 #D8D2D2 #D5D5D5 #D2D8D8 #CEDCDA #CBDFDD

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFCBCD 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.

#CECECD

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.

#D2D1CD

Tritanopia

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

#E3CACC

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.

#D4CDCD

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.

#D6CFCD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DFCBCD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D0D0D0

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.

#D7CDCE

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 0.73791 G 0.59720 B 0.61050

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 0.86127 G 0.79885 B 0.80463

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.71293 G 0.60187 B 0.61171

CIE xyY

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

x 0.327 y 0.327 Y 62.808

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 20.392 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11001011 11001101