Palettes / Colors / #CDEFED

#CDEFED — Pale Muted Teal

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

#CDEFED 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 #EFCDCF; it also sits naturally between #CDEFDC and #CDE0EF. 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 94% · Blue 93%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 1% · Key 6%

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

Previews

CSS code for #CDEFED

.text { color: #CDEFED; }
.background { background-color: #CDEFED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CDEFED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(205, 239, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(176, 52%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CDEFED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(205, 239, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CDEFED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(205, 239, 237, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CDEFED

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Tones of #CDEFED

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EFCDCF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CDEFED: #000000.

How #CDEFED 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 #CDEFED 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

← #CDEFEC  ·  #CDEFEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CDEFED?

#CDEFED is Pale Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 205, 239, 237). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CDEFED?

#CDEFED is RGB 205, 239, 237 — HSL 176°, 52%, 87% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 1%, 6%.

What colors go with #CDEFED?

Its complement is #EFCDCF; analogous partners are #CDEFDC and #CDE0EF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CDEFED for text?

Black text on #CDEFED has a contrast ratio of 17.17:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.