Palettes / Colors / #CDEDEE

#CDEDEE — Pale Muted Teal

#CDEDEE is a teal color we call Pale Muted Teal, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lavender (#E6E6FA) — not an exact match. CSS lavender gives you #E6E6FA, a different color; use #CDEDEE when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CDEDEE is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EECFCE; it also sits naturally between #CEEEDF and #CEDDEE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 93% · Blue 93%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #CDEDEE

.text { color: #CDEDEE; }
.background { background-color: #CDEDEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CDEDEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(205, 237, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(182, 49%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CDEDEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(205, 237, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CDEDEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(205, 237, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CDEDEE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CDEDEE">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EECFCE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CDEDEE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CDEDEE

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #CDEDEE looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CDEDEE rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #CDEDEE?

#CDEDEE is Pale Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 205, 237, 238). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CDEDEE?

#CDEDEE is RGB 205, 237, 238 — HSL 182°, 49%, 87% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #CDEDEE?

Its complement is #EECFCE; analogous partners are #CEEEDF and #CEDDEE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CDEDEE for text?

Black text on #CDEDEE has a contrast ratio of 16.94:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.24:1.