#DFDACC

sRGB: 223 / 218 / 204

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Electric visions awaken beneath celestial skies
Boundless spirits awaken sleeping galaxies

#DFDACC belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 218 green and 204 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 44.2° lands in the orange region. Its 22.9% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.7% 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 (15.04:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 218, 204
HSL: 44.21°, 22.89%, 83.73%
HSV / HSB: 44.21°, 8.52%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 2.24%, 8.52%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.399, 70.191, 67.179
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 87.090, -0.699, 7.490
WCAG relative luminance: 0.70190
24-bit decimal: 14670540

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 #DFDACC 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: 15.04:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.40:1

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

#CCD1DF sits half a turn (180°) from #DFDACC 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.

#DFDACC #CCD1DF

Analogous

#DFD1CC and #DBDFCC sit 30° to either side of #DFDACC. 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.

#DFD1CC #DFDACC #DBDFCC

Triadic

#DFDACC, #CCDFDA and #DACCDF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFDACC #CCDFDA #DACCDF

Split complementary

Start at #DFDACC and look across the wheel. #CCDBDF and #D0CCDF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFDACC #CCDBDF #D0CCDF

Square

Starting with #DFDACC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CCDFD1, #CCD1DF, then #DFCCDB. Across the square, #DFDACC pairs with #CCD1DF, and #CCDFD1 with #DFCCDB.

#DFDACC #CCDFD1 #CCD1DF #DFCCDB

Tetradic

#DFDACC and #CCD1DF are opposites, as are #D1DFCC and #DACCDF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFDACC #D1DFCC #CCD1DF #DACCDF

Tints

Mixing #DFDACC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5E1D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F8F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFDACC #E5E1D6 #ECE9E0 #F2F0EB #F9F8F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFDACC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2AEA3, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2C29, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFDACC #B2AEA3 #86837A #595752 #2D2C29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFDACC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC8BD, keeps 80% of the original. By #93928F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFDACC #CCC8BD #B9B6AE #A6A49E #93928F #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

#DFDACC

RGB

rgb(223 218 204)

HSL

hsl(44.211 22.892% 83.725%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFDACC uses 223 red, 218 green and 204 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 85.5%

Blue 80.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFDACC is 0.0% cyan, 2.2% magenta, 8.5% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 2.2%

Yellow 8.5%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#DFDACC #DCD9CF #D9D7D2 #D6D6D6 #D2D4D9 #CFD3DC #CCD1DF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFDACC 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.

#DDD9CB

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.

#DFDBCC

Tritanopia

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

#E3D8D6

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.

#DEDACC

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.

#DFDACC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E0D9D0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DADADA

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.

#DDDAD3

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 0.70110 B 0.60383

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 0.87107 G 0.85556 B 0.80548

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.73138 G 0.70232 B 0.61316

CIE xyY

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

x 0.326 y 0.344 Y 70.191

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 14.510 Y % 20.000

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11011010 11001100