#DFD9F4

sRGB: 223 / 217 / 244

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Electric visions cascade across forgotten valleys
Celestial symphonies drift toward tomorrow

#DFD9F4 belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 217 green and 244 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 253.3° lands in the blue region. Its 55.1% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 90.4% 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 (15.37:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 217, 244
HSL: 253.33°, 55.10%, 90.39%
HSV / HSB: 253.33°, 11.07%, 95.69%
CMYK (approx.): 8.61%, 11.07%, 0.00%, 4.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 71.570, 71.845, 95.688
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 87.894, 7.067, -12.430
WCAG relative luminance: 0.71845
24-bit decimal: 14670324

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 #DFD9F4 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: 15.37:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.37:1

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

#EEF4D9 sits half a turn (180°) from #DFD9F4 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.

#DFD9F4 #EEF4D9

Analogous

#D9E1F4 and #EDD9F4 sit 30° to either side of #DFD9F4. 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.

#D9E1F4 #DFD9F4 #EDD9F4

Triadic

#DFD9F4, #F4DFD9 and #D9F4DF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFD9F4 #F4DFD9 #D9F4DF

Split complementary

Start at #DFD9F4 and look across the wheel. #F4EDD9 and #E1F4D9 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFD9F4 #F4EDD9 #E1F4D9

Square

Starting with #DFD9F4, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #F4D9E0, #EEF4D9, then #D9F4ED. Across the square, #DFD9F4 pairs with #EEF4D9, and #F4D9E0 with #D9F4ED.

#DFD9F4 #F4D9E0 #EEF4D9 #D9F4ED

Tetradic

#DFD9F4 and #EEF4D9 are opposites, as are #F4D9EE and #D9F4DF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFD9F4 #F4D9EE #EEF4D9 #D9F4DF

Tints

Mixing #DFD9F4 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5E1F6, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F7FD, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFD9F4 #E5E1F6 #ECE8F8 #F2F0FB #F9F7FD #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFD9F4 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2AEC3, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2B31, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFD9F4 #B2AEC3 #868292 #595762 #2D2B31 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFD9F4 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC7DD, keeps 80% of the original. By #939297, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFD9F4 #CCC7DD #B9B5C6 #A6A4AE #939297 #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

#DFD9F4

RGB

rgb(223 217 244)

HSL

hsl(253.333 55.102% 90.392%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DFD9F4;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFD9F4 uses 223 red, 217 green and 244 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 85.1%

Blue 95.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFD9F4 is 8.6% cyan, 11.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 4.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 8.6%

Magenta 11.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 4.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDDDEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DDE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DFD9F4 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDDDEE Nearest web-safe: #CCCCFF

Gradient to complement

#DFD9F4 #E2DEF0 #E4E2EB #E7E7E7 #E9EBE2 #ECF0DE #EEF4D9

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFD9F4 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.

#D4DDF5

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.

#D5DCF3

Tritanopia

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

#DBDDE2

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.

#D8DBF5

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.

#D8DBF4

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DEDAEE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DCDCDC

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.

#DEDBE9

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 0.69387 B 0.90466

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 0.87039 G 0.85178 B 0.94837

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.73009 G 0.69533 B 0.88655

CIE xyY

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

x 0.299 y 0.300 Y 71.845

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 14.902 Y % 4.314

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11011001 11110100