#DFD3DE

sRGB: 223 / 211 / 222

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Electric visions flicker through endless evenings
Fierce revelations transcend the limits of dreams

#DFD3DE belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 211 green and 222 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 305.0° lands in the magenta region. Its 15.8% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 85.1% 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 (14.51:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 211, 222
HSL: 305.00°, 15.79%, 85.10%
HSV / HSB: 305.00°, 5.38%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.38%, 0.45%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.907, 67.551, 78.623
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.781, 6.073, -3.932
WCAG relative luminance: 0.67550
24-bit decimal: 14668766

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 #DFD3DE 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: 14.51:1

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

#D3DFD4 sits half a turn (180°) from #DFD3DE 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.

#DFD3DE #D3DFD4

Analogous

#DAD3DF and #DFD3D8 sit 30° to either side of #DFD3DE. 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.

#DAD3DF #DFD3DE #DFD3D8

Triadic

#DFD3DE, #DEDFD3 and #D3DEDF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFD3DE #DEDFD3 #D3DEDF

Split complementary

Start at #DFD3DE and look across the wheel. #D8DFD3 and #D3DFDA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFD3DE #D8DFD3 #D3DFDA

Square

Starting with #DFD3DE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DFDAD3, #D3DFD4, then #D3D8DF. Across the square, #DFD3DE pairs with #D3DFD4, and #DFDAD3 with #D3D8DF.

#DFD3DE #DFDAD3 #D3DFD4 #D3D8DF

Tetradic

#DFD3DE and #D3DFD4 are opposites, as are #DFD4D3 and #D3DEDF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFD3DE #DFD4D3 #D3DFD4 #D3DEDF

Tints

Mixing #DFD3DE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5DCE5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F6F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFD3DE #E5DCE5 #ECE5EB #F2EDF2 #F9F6F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFD3DE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A9B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2A2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFD3DE #B2A9B2 #867F85 #595459 #2D2A2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFD3DE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC2CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #939193, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFD3DE #CCC2CB #B9B2B8 #A6A1A6 #939193 #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

#DFD3DE

RGB

rgb(223 211 222)

HSL

hsl(305.000 15.789% 85.098%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DFD3DE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFD3DE uses 223 red, 211 green and 222 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 82.7%

Blue 87.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFD3DE is 0.0% cyan, 5.4% magenta, 0.4% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 5.4%

Yellow 0.4%

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 #DFD3DE 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

#DFD3DE #DDD5DC #DBD7DB #D9D9D9 #D7DBD7 #D5DDD6 #D3DFD4

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFD3DE 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.

#D3D6DF

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.

#D5D7DE

Tritanopia

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

#E0D4D6

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.

#D7D5DE

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.

#D8D6DE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DFD3DB

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.

#DBD5DA

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 0.65141 B 0.73046

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 0.86640 G 0.82907 B 0.86763

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.72255 G 0.65428 B 0.72486

CIE xyY

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

x 0.314 y 0.317 Y 67.551

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 17.255 Y % 12.941

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11010011 11011110