Palettes / Colors / #CEE8EE

#CEE8EE — Pale Muted Teal

#CEE8EE is a teal color we call Pale Muted Teal, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the teal family.

#CEE8EE 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 #EED4CE; it also sits naturally between #CEEEE4 and #CED8EE. 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 91% · Blue 93%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #CEE8EE

.text { color: #CEE8EE; }
.background { background-color: #CEE8EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CEE8EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 232, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(191, 48%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CEE8EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 232, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CEE8EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 232, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CEE8EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CEE8EE">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EED4CE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CEE8EE: #000000.

How #CEE8EE 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 #CEE8EE 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 #CEE8EE?

#CEE8EE is Pale Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 206, 232, 238). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CEE8EE?

#CEE8EE is RGB 206, 232, 238 — HSL 191°, 48%, 87% — CMYK 13%, 3%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #CEE8EE?

Its complement is #EED4CE; analogous partners are #CEEEE4 and #CED8EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CEE8EE for text?

Black text on #CEE8EE has a contrast ratio of 16.40:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.28:1.