Palettes / Colors / #CEEEEA

#CEEEEA — Pale Muted Teal

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

#CEEEEA 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 #EECED2; 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 81% · Green 93% · Blue 92%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 2% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #CEEEEA

.text { color: #CEEEEA; }
.background { background-color: #CEEEEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CEEEEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 238, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(172, 48%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CEEEEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 238, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CEEEEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 238, 234, 0.8); }

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

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EECED2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CEEEEA: #000000.

How #CEEEEA 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 #CEEEEA 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

← #CEEEE9  ·  #CEEEEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CEEEEA?

#CEEEEA is Pale Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 206, 238, 234). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CEEEEA?

#CEEEEA is RGB 206, 238, 234 — HSL 172°, 48%, 87% — CMYK 13%, 0%, 2%, 7%.

What colors go with #CEEEEA?

Its complement is #EECED2; analogous partners are #CEEEDA and #CEE2EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CEEEEA for text?

Black text on #CEEEEA has a contrast ratio of 17.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.