#DFDFE5

sRGB: 223 / 223 / 229
Color name: Festive Ferret

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Infinite wonders settle beneath starlight

The hex code for Festive Ferret is #DFDFE5. It belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 223 green and 229 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 240.0° lands in the blue region. Its 10.3% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 88.6% 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 (15.82:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 223, 229
HSL: 240.00°, 10.34%, 88.63%
HSV / HSB: 240.00°, 2.62%, 89.80%
CMYK (approx.): 2.62%, 2.62%, 0.00%, 10.20%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 70.959, 74.120, 84.700
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 88.979, 1.090, -2.926
WCAG relative luminance: 0.74120
24-bit decimal: 14671845

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 #DFDFE5 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: 15.82:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.33:1

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

#E5E5DF sits half a turn (180°) from #DFDFE5 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.

#DFDFE5 #E5E5DF

Analogous

#DFE2E5 and #E2DFE5 sit 30° to either side of #DFDFE5. 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.

#DFE2E5 #DFDFE5 #E2DFE5

Triadic

#DFDFE5, #E5DFDF and #DFE5DF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFDFE5 #E5DFDF #DFE5DF

Split complementary

Start at #DFDFE5 and look across the wheel. #E5E2DF and #E2E5DF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFDFE5 #E5E2DF #E2E5DF

Square

Starting with #DFDFE5, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E5DFE2, #E5E5DF, then #DFE5E2. Across the square, #DFDFE5 pairs with #E5E5DF, and #E5DFE2 with #DFE5E2.

#DFDFE5 #E5DFE2 #E5E5DF #DFE5E2

Tetradic

#DFDFE5 and #E5E5DF are opposites, as are #E5DFE5 and #DFE5DF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFDFE5 #E5DFE5 #E5E5DF #DFE5DF

Tints

Mixing #DFDFE5 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5E5EA, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F9FA, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFDFE5 #E5E5EA #ECECEF #F2F2F5 #F9F9FA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFDFE5 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2B2B7, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2D2E, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFDFE5 #B2B2B7 #868689 #59595C #2D2D2E #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFDFE5 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCCCD1, keeps 80% of the original. By #939394, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFDFE5 #CCCCD1 #B9B9BD #A6A6A8 #939394 #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

#DFDFE5

RGB

rgb(223 223 229)

HSL

hsl(240.000 10.345% 88.627%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DFDFE5;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFDFE5 uses 223 red, 223 green and 229 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 87.5%

Blue 89.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFDFE5 is 2.6% cyan, 2.6% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 10.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 2.6%

Magenta 2.6%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 10.2%

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 #DFDFE5 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

#DFDFE5 #E0E0E4 #E1E1E3 #E2E2E2 #E3E3E1 #E4E4E0 #E5E5DF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFDFE5 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.

#DEE0E5

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.

#DEDFE5

Tritanopia

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

#DEE0E1

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.

#DEDFE5

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.

#DEDFE5

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DFDFE3

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DFDFDF

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.

#DFDFE2

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 0.73791 B 0.78354

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 0.87451 G 0.87451 B 0.89597

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.73791 G 0.73791 B 0.77946

CIE xyY

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

x 0.309 y 0.323 Y 74.120

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 12.549 Y % 10.196

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11011111 11100101