#DFEBDD

sRGB: 223 / 235 / 221
Color name: Lighter Mint

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Immortal legends shimmer across boundless heavens
Fierce revelations shatter the chains of fate

The hex code for Lighter Mint is #DFEBDD. It belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 235 green and 221 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 111.4° lands in the green region. Its 25.9% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 89.4% 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 (17.07:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 235, 221
HSL: 111.43°, 25.93%, 89.41%
HSV / HSB: 111.43°, 5.96%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 5.11%, 0.00%, 5.96%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 73.188, 80.325, 80.057
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 91.830, -6.498, 5.413
WCAG relative luminance: 0.80325
24-bit decimal: 14674909

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 #DFEBDD 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: 17.07:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.23:1

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

#E9DDEB sits half a turn (180°) from #DFEBDD 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.

#DFEBDD #E9DDEB

Analogous

#E6EBDD and #DDEBE2 sit 30° to either side of #DFEBDD. 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.

#E6EBDD #DFEBDD #DDEBE2

Triadic

#DFEBDD, #DDDFEB and #EBDDDF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFEBDD #DDDFEB #EBDDDF

Split complementary

Start at #DFEBDD and look across the wheel. #E2DDEB and #EBDDE6 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFEBDD #E2DDEB #EBDDE6

Square

Starting with #DFEBDD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DDE6EB, #E9DDEB, then #EBE2DD. Across the square, #DFEBDD pairs with #E9DDEB, and #DDE6EB with #EBE2DD.

#DFEBDD #DDE6EB #E9DDEB #EBE2DD

Tetradic

#DFEBDD and #E9DDEB are opposites, as are #DDEBE9 and #EBDDDF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFEBDD #DDEBE9 #E9DDEB #EBDDDF

Tints

Mixing #DFEBDD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5EFE4, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9FBF8, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFEBDD #E5EFE4 #ECF3EB #F2F7F1 #F9FBF8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFEBDD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2BCB1, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2F2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFEBDD #B2BCB1 #868D85 #595E58 #2D2F2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFEBDD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCD6CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #939593, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFEBDD #CCD6CA #B9C0B8 #A6ABA5 #939593 #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

#DFEBDD

RGB

rgb(223 235 221)

HSL

hsl(111.429 25.926% 89.412%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFEBDD uses 223 red, 235 green and 221 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 92.2%

Blue 86.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFEBDD is 5.1% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 6.0% 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 6.0%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#DFEBDD #E1E9DF #E2E6E2 #E4E4E4 #E6E2E6 #E7DFE9 #E9DDEB

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFEBDD 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.

#ECE8DC

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.

#EAE7DE

Tritanopia

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

#DEEAE7

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.

#E8E9DD

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.

#E7E8DD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DFEAE1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E8E8E8

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.

#E3E9E2

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 0.72306

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 0.87093

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.75440 G 0.82769 B 0.73111

CIE xyY

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

x 0.313 y 0.344 Y 80.325

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 7.843 Y % 13.333

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11101011 11011101