#DFD0DD

sRGB: 223 / 208 / 221

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Electric visions fade beyond remembrance
Fierce revelations shatter the chains of fate

#DFD0DD belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 208 green and 221 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 308.0° lands in the magenta region. Its 19.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.5% 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 (14.20:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 208, 221
HSL: 308.00°, 18.99%, 84.51%
HSV / HSB: 308.00°, 6.73%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 6.73%, 0.90%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.035, 66.021, 77.673
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.007, 7.470, -4.542
WCAG relative luminance: 0.66020
24-bit decimal: 14667997

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 #DFD0DD 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: 14.20:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.48:1

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

#D0DFD2 sits half a turn (180°) from #DFD0DD 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.

#DFD0DD #D0DFD2

Analogous

#DAD0DF and #DFD0D5 sit 30° to either side of #DFD0DD. 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.

#DAD0DF #DFD0DD #DFD0D5

Triadic

#DFD0DD, #DDDFD0 and #D0DDDF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFD0DD #DDDFD0 #D0DDDF

Split complementary

Start at #DFD0DD and look across the wheel. #D6DFD0 and #D0DFDA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFD0DD #D6DFD0 #D0DFDA

Square

Starting with #DFD0DD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DFDAD0, #D0DFD2, then #D0D6DF. Across the square, #DFD0DD pairs with #D0DFD2, and #DFDAD0 with #D0D6DF.

#DFD0DD #DFDAD0 #D0DFD2 #D0D6DF

Tetradic

#DFD0DD and #D0DFD2 are opposites, as are #DFD2D0 and #D0DDDF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFD0DD #DFD2D0 #D0DFD2 #D0DDDF

Tints

Mixing #DFD0DD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5D9E4, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F6F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFD0DD #E5D9E4 #ECE3EB #F2ECF1 #F9F6F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFD0DD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A6B1, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2A2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFD0DD #B2A6B1 #867D85 #595358 #2D2A2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFD0DD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC0CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #939093, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFD0DD #CCC0CA #B9B0B8 #A6A0A5 #939093 #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

#DFD0DD

RGB

rgb(223 208 221)

HSL

hsl(308.000 18.987% 84.510%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DFD0DD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFD0DD uses 223 red, 208 green and 221 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 81.6%

Blue 86.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFD0DD is 0.0% cyan, 6.7% magenta, 0.9% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 6.7%

Yellow 0.9%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDCCDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DCD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DFD0DD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#DFD0DD #DDD3DB #DAD5D9 #D8D8D8 #D5DAD6 #D3DDD4 #D0DFD2

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFD0DD 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.

#D0D3DE

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.

#D3D5DC

Tritanopia

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

#E0D1D4

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.

#D5D2DD

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.

#D6D3DD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DFD1DA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D4D4D4

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.

#DAD2D9

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 0.63076 B 0.72306

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 0.86445 G 0.81773 B 0.86324

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.71889 G 0.63431 B 0.71663

CIE xyY

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

x 0.315 y 0.315 Y 66.021

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 18.431 Y % 13.333

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11010000 11011101