Information about #DDD0CB color

#DDD0CB color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #DDD0CB is classified in the Register under the Orange Color Family, with Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(221, 208, 203) — 86.7% red, 81.6% green, 79.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 5 / 7 / 13. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained amber-leaning orange, #DDD0CB 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 Quarter Milestone (#DBD0CB). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Swiss Coffee (#DBD0CA) and Pearl Bush (#DED1C6).

In RGB terms — rgb(221, 208, 203) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #DDD0CB background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 14.0:1 (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.

#DDD0CB color variations

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

#DDD0CB 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 #DDD0CB

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DDD0CB
  • RGB221, 208, 203
  • CMYK0, 5, 7, 13
  • CSSrgb(221, 208, 203)
  • HSL17°, 21%, 83%
  • HSL Precise16.667°, 20.93%, 83.137%
  • HSV17°, 8%, 87%
  • HSB17°, 8%, 87%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.867
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.816
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.796
  • GLSLvec3(0.867, 0.816, 0.796)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.867, 0.816, 0.796, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.867, 0.816, 0.796)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB86.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB81.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB79.6%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDDDD0CB
  • DECIMAL ID14536907
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01