Cityscape `#DAE3E7`

Cityscape (#DAE3E7) is a near-white neutral with an OKLCH hue of 226°, lightness 0.91 and chroma 0.011. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.

Color values

HEX	`#DAE3E7`
RGB	`rgb(218, 227, 231)`
HSL	`hsl(198, 21%, 88%)`
HSV	`hsv(198, 6%, 91%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(6%, 2%, 0%, 9%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(89.7 -2.3 -3)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.910 0.011 226)`

How Cityscape behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Cityscape shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #e4ddd8 — ΔE 2.3, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #e2e4e2 — ΔE 1.3, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #dae3e7 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #dae4ea — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged

Test Cityscape in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.3:1 and against black 16.12:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Cityscape

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#dae3e7 · #c2cbcf · #9ca3a7 · #777e81 · #545a5d · #34393b

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#dae3e7 · #a5d4f9 · #a0bce7 · #9ba5d1 · #948fb9 · #8c7aa0

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#dae3e7 · #bbbfda · #76aac0 · #787fb0 · #3e6d81 · #454861

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#dae3e7 · #c89279 · #6d7d85 · #41606d · #27414c · #13242b

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#dae3e7 · #cac2bf · #808b90 · #57514f · #182428 · #030100

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#dae3e7 · #9ca0a2 · #42474a · #262b2d · #050a0c · #f07b3d

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#dae3e7 · #d1c0b8 · #a87e6b · #74452d · #391603 · #00050b

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#dae3e7 · #d1c0b8 · #ab7b7d · #6a4c1d · #3b1217 · #0f0500

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#dae3e7 · #d0bfc7 · #a57b91 · #58551e · #252300 · #040002

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#dae3e7 · #cac0ce · #987ea2 · #74452d · #122806 · #0c0100

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#DEE6EA · #E2E9EC · #E6ECEF · #EBEFF1 · #EFF2F4

Shades

#B1B9BC · #899094 · #646A6D · #414648 · #212527

Using Cityscape

Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.