Palettes / Colors / #CDEED9

#CDEED9 — Pale Muted Green

#CDEED9 is a green color we call Pale Muted Green, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the green family.

#CDEED9 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm 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 #EECEE2; it also sits naturally between #D2EECE and #CEEEEA. 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 85%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 9% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #CDEED9

.text { color: #CDEED9; }
.background { background-color: #CDEED9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CDEED9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(205, 238, 217); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(142, 49%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CDEED9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(205, 238, 217, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CDEED9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(205, 238, 217, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CDEED9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CDEED9">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CDEED9

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EECEE2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CDEED9: #000000.

How #CDEED9 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 #CDEED9

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CDEED9 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

← #CDEED8  ·  #CDEEDA →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CDEED9?

#CDEED9 is Pale Muted Green, a green color (RGB 205, 238, 217). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CDEED9?

#CDEED9 is RGB 205, 238, 217 — HSL 142°, 49%, 87% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 9%, 7%.

What colors go with #CDEED9?

Its complement is #EECEE2; analogous partners are #D2EECE and #CEEEEA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CDEED9 for text?

Black text on #CDEED9 has a contrast ratio of 16.83:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.