Information about #DCD4D4 color

#DCD4D4 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #DCD4D4 is classified in the Register under the Red Color Family, with Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(220, 212, 212) — 86.3% red, 83.1% green, 83.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 3 / 3 / 14. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained red, #DCD4D4 appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Timberwolf (#DBD7D2). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Half Flotsam (#D9D5D1) and Bon Jour (#DFD7D2).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(220, 212, 212)), which gives #DCD4D4 its character. If you plan to put text on a #DCD4D4 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 14.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.5:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#DCD4D4 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#DCD4D4 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #DCD4D4

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Timberwolf color link
Timberwolf

#DBD7D2

Half Flotsam color link
Half Flotsam

#D9D5D1

Bon Jour color link
Bon Jour

#DFD7D2

Urbane color link
Urbane

#D9D1CF

Aluminum color link
Aluminum

#D6D6D6

Light Silver color link
Light Silver

#D8D8D8

Mercury color link
Mercury

#D5D2D1

Quarter Tea color link
Quarter Tea

#E0DAD0

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DCD4D4
  • RGB220, 212, 212
  • CMYK0, 3, 3, 14
  • CSSrgb(220, 212, 212)
  • HSL0°, 10%, 85%
  • HSL Precise0°, 10.256%, 84.706%
  • HSV0°, 4%, 86%
  • HSB0°, 4%, 86%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.863
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.831
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.831
  • GLSLvec3(0.863, 0.831, 0.831)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.863, 0.831, 0.831, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.863, 0.831, 0.831)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB86.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB83.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB83.1%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDDCD4D4
  • DECIMAL ID14472404
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01