Palettes / Colors / #CDEEEA

#CDEEEA — Pale Muted Teal

#CDEEEA is a teal color we call Pale Muted Teal, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the teal family.

#CDEEEA 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 #EECED1; it also sits naturally between #CEEEDA and #CEE2EE. 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 92%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 2% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #CDEEEA

.text { color: #CDEEEA; }
.background { background-color: #CDEEEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CDEEEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(205, 238, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(173, 49%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CDEEEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(205, 238, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CDEEEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(205, 238, 234, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CDEEEA

Tints of #CDEEEA

Tones of #CDEEEA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EECED1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CDEEEA: #000000.

How #CDEEEA 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 #CDEEEA 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

← #CDEEE9  ·  #CDEEEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CDEEEA?

#CDEEEA is Pale Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 205, 238, 234). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CDEEEA?

#CDEEEA is RGB 205, 238, 234 — HSL 173°, 49%, 87% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 2%, 7%.

What colors go with #CDEEEA?

Its complement is #EECED1; analogous partners are #CEEEDA and #CEE2EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CDEEEA for text?

Black text on #CDEEEA has a contrast ratio of 17.01:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.