#DFEBBC

sRGB: 223 / 235 / 188

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Immortal legends shimmer across boundless heavens
Eternal flames awaken sleeping galaxies

#DFEBBC belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 235 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 75.3° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 54.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 82.9% 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 (16.75:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 235, 188
HSL: 75.32°, 54.02%, 82.94%
HSV / HSB: 75.32°, 20.00%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 5.11%, 0.00%, 20.00%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 69.214, 78.735, 59.130
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 91.114, -11.861, 21.520
WCAG relative luminance: 0.78735
24-bit decimal: 14674876

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 #DFEBBC 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: 16.75:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.25:1

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

#C8BCEB sits half a turn (180°) from #DFEBBC 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.

#DFEBBC #C8BCEB

Analogous

#EBE0BC and #C8EBBC sit 30° to either side of #DFEBBC. 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.

#EBE0BC #DFEBBC #C8EBBC

Triadic

#DFEBBC, #BCDFEB and #EBBCDF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFEBBC #BCDFEB #EBBCDF

Split complementary

Start at #DFEBBC and look across the wheel. #BCC8EB and #E0BCEB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFEBBC #BCC8EB #E0BCEB

Square

Starting with #DFEBBC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BCEBE0, #C8BCEB, then #EBBCC8. Across the square, #DFEBBC pairs with #C8BCEB, and #BCEBE0 with #EBBCC8.

#DFEBBC #BCEBE0 #C8BCEB #EBBCC8

Tetradic

#DFEBBC and #C8BCEB are opposites, as are #BCEBC8 and #EBBCDF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFEBBC #BCEBC8 #C8BCEB #EBBCDF

Tints

Mixing #DFEBBC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5EFC9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9FBF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFEBBC #E5EFC9 #ECF3D7 #F2F7E4 #F9FBF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFEBBC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2BC96, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2F26, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFEBBC #B2BC96 #868D71 #595E4B #2D2F26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFEBBC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCD6B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #93958C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFEBBC #CCD6B0 #B9C0A4 #A6AB98 #93958C #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

#DFEBBC

RGB

rgb(223 235 188)

HSL

hsl(75.319 54.023% 82.941%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFEBBC uses 223 red, 235 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 92.2%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFEBBC is 5.1% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 20.0% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 5.1%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 20.0%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #DDEEBB Nearest web-safe: #CCFFCC

Gradient to complement

#DFEBBC #DBE3C4 #D7DBCC #D4D4D4 #D0CCDB #CCC4E3 #C8BCEB

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFEBBC 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.

#F2E6B9

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.

#F0E6BE

Tritanopia

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

#E4E6DE

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.

#EBE7BB

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.

#EBE7BD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E1E9C9

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E5E5E5

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.

#E2E8D2

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 0.83077 B 0.50289

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 0.88311 G 0.92006 B 0.75519

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.75440 G 0.82769 B 0.53064

CIE xyY

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

x 0.334 y 0.380 Y 78.735

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 7.843 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11101011 10111100