#DFD2E1

sRGB: 223 / 210 / 225

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Electric visions tremble in empty gardens
Infinite wonders surrender to silence

#DFD2E1 belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 210 green and 225 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 292.0° lands in the magenta region. Its 20.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 85.3% 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 (14.44:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 210, 225
HSL: 292.00°, 20.00%, 85.29%
HSV / HSB: 292.00°, 6.67%, 88.24%
CMYK (approx.): 0.89%, 6.67%, 0.00%, 11.76%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 67.065, 67.218, 80.678
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.614, 7.145, -5.770
WCAG relative luminance: 0.67217
24-bit decimal: 14668513

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 #DFD2E1 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: 14.44:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.45:1

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

#D4E1D2 sits half a turn (180°) from #DFD2E1 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.

#DFD2E1 #D4E1D2

Analogous

#D7D2E1 and #E1D2DC sit 30° to either side of #DFD2E1. 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.

#D7D2E1 #DFD2E1 #E1D2DC

Triadic

#DFD2E1, #E1DFD2 and #D2E1DF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFD2E1 #E1DFD2 #D2E1DF

Split complementary

Start at #DFD2E1 and look across the wheel. #DBE1D2 and #D2E1D8 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFD2E1 #DBE1D2 #D2E1D8

Square

Starting with #DFD2E1, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E1D8D2, #D4E1D2, then #D2DBE1. Across the square, #DFD2E1 pairs with #D4E1D2, and #E1D8D2 with #D2DBE1.

#DFD2E1 #E1D8D2 #D4E1D2 #D2DBE1

Tetradic

#DFD2E1 and #D4E1D2 are opposites, as are #E1D2D4 and #D2E1DF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFD2E1 #E1D2D4 #D4E1D2 #D2E1DF

Tints

Mixing #DFD2E1 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5DBE7, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F6F9, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFD2E1 #E5DBE7 #ECE4ED #F2EDF3 #F9F6F9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFD2E1 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A8B4, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2A2D, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFD2E1 #B2A8B4 #867E87 #59545A #2D2A2D #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFD2E1 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC2CE, keeps 80% of the original. By #939093, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFD2E1 #CCC2CE #B9B1BA #A6A1A7 #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

#DFD2E1

RGB

rgb(223 210 225)

HSL

hsl(292.000 20.000% 85.294%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DFD2E1;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFD2E1 uses 223 red, 210 green and 225 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 82.4%

Blue 88.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFD2E1 is 0.9% cyan, 6.7% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 11.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.9%

Magenta 6.7%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 11.8%

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 #DFD2E1 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

#DFD2E1 #DDD5DF #DBD7DC #DADADA #D8DCD7 #D6DFD5 #D4E1D2

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFD2E1 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.

#D1D5E2

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.

#D3D6E0

Tritanopia

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

#E0D3D7

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.

#D6D4E1

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.

#D7D5E1

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DFD3DD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D6D6D6

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.

#DBD4DC

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 0.64448 B 0.75294

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 0.86575 G 0.82529 B 0.87813

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.72132 G 0.64758 B 0.74483

CIE xyY

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

x 0.312 y 0.313 Y 67.218

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 17.647 Y % 11.765

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11010010 11100001