Palettes / Colors / #CEDDE3

#CEDDE3 — Pale Dusty Blue

#CEDDE3 is a blue color we call Pale Dusty Blue, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the blue family.

#CEDDE3 is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #E3D4CE; it also sits naturally between #CEE3DF and #CED3E3. 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 81% · Green 87% · Blue 89%

Cyan 9% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 0% · Key 11%

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

Previews

CSS code for #CEDDE3

.text { color: #CEDDE3; }
.background { background-color: #CEDDE3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CEDDE3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 221, 227); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(197, 27%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CEDDE3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 221, 227, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CEDDE3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 221, 227, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CEDDE3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CEDDE3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CEDDE3

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Tones of #CEDDE3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E3D4CE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CEDDE3: #000000.

How #CEDDE3 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 #CEDDE3 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

← #CEDDE2  ·  #CEDDE4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CEDDE3?

#CEDDE3 is Pale Dusty Blue, a blue color (RGB 206, 221, 227). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CEDDE3?

#CEDDE3 is RGB 206, 221, 227 — HSL 197°, 27%, 85% — CMYK 9%, 3%, 0%, 11%.

What colors go with #CEDDE3?

Its complement is #E3D4CE; analogous partners are #CEE3DF and #CED3E3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CEDDE3 for text?

Black text on #CEDDE3 has a contrast ratio of 15.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.39:1.