#DFDAE1

sRGB: 223 / 218 / 225

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Electric visions awaken beneath celestial skies
Infinite wonders surrender to silence

#DFDAE1 belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 218 green and 225 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 282.9° lands in the violet region. Its 10.4% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.9% 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 (15.25:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 218, 225
HSL: 282.86°, 10.45%, 86.86%
HSV / HSB: 282.86°, 3.11%, 88.24%
CMYK (approx.): 0.89%, 3.11%, 0.00%, 11.76%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 69.090, 71.267, 81.353
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 87.615, 2.956, -2.824
WCAG relative luminance: 0.71267
24-bit decimal: 14670561

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 #DFDAE1 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: 15.25:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.38:1

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

#DCE1DA sits half a turn (180°) from #DFDAE1 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.

#DFDAE1 #DCE1DA

Analogous

#DBDAE1 and #E1DAE0 sit 30° to either side of #DFDAE1. 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.

#DBDAE1 #DFDAE1 #E1DAE0

Triadic

#DFDAE1, #E1DFDA and #DAE1DF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFDAE1 #E1DFDA #DAE1DF

Split complementary

Start at #DFDAE1 and look across the wheel. #E0E1DA and #DAE1DB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFDAE1 #E0E1DA #DAE1DB

Square

Starting with #DFDAE1, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E1DBDA, #DCE1DA, then #DAE0E1. Across the square, #DFDAE1 pairs with #DCE1DA, and #E1DBDA with #DAE0E1.

#DFDAE1 #E1DBDA #DCE1DA #DAE0E1

Tetradic

#DFDAE1 and #DCE1DA are opposites, as are #E1DADC and #DAE1DF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFDAE1 #E1DADC #DCE1DA #DAE1DF

Tints

Mixing #DFDAE1 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5E1E7, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F8F9, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFDAE1 #E5E1E7 #ECE9ED #F2F0F3 #F9F8F9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFDAE1 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2AEB4, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2C2D, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFDAE1 #B2AEB4 #868387 #59575A #2D2C2D #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFDAE1 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC8CE, keeps 80% of the original. By #939293, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFDAE1 #CCC8CE #B9B6BA #A6A4A7 #939293 #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

#DFDAE1

RGB

rgb(223 218 225)

HSL

hsl(282.857 10.448% 86.863%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DFDAE1;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFDAE1 uses 223 red, 218 green and 225 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 85.5%

Blue 88.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFDAE1 is 0.9% cyan, 3.1% 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 3.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 11.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDDDDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DDD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DFDAE1 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#DFDAE1 #DFDBE0 #DEDCDF #DEDEDE #DDDFDC #DDE0DB #DCE1DA

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFDAE1 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.

#D9DBE1

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.

#DADCE1

Tritanopia

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

#DFDBDC

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.

#DBDBE1

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.

#DCDBE1

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DFDADF

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.

#DDDBDE

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 0.75294

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 0.87107 G 0.85556 B 0.88027

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.73138 G 0.70232 B 0.74893

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 0.321 Y 71.267

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 14.510 Y % 11.765

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11011010 11100001