Palettes / Colors / #CEEEEC

#CEEEEC — Pale Muted Teal

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

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gainsboro (#DCDCDC) — not an exact match. CSS gainsboro gives you #DCDCDC, a different color; use #CEEEEC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CEEEEC 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 #EECED0; it also sits naturally between #CEEEDC and #CEE0EE. 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 93%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 1% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #CEEEEC

.text { color: #CEEEEC; }
.background { background-color: #CEEEEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CEEEEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 238, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(176, 48%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CEEEEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 238, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CEEEEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 238, 236, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CEEEEC

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EECED0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CEEEEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CEEEEC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #CEEEEC 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 #CEEEEC 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

← #CEEEEB  ·  #CEEEED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CEEEEC?

#CEEEEC is Pale Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 206, 238, 236). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CEEEEC?

#CEEEEC is RGB 206, 238, 236 — HSL 176°, 48%, 87% — CMYK 13%, 0%, 1%, 7%.

What colors go with #CEEEEC?

Its complement is #EECED0; analogous partners are #CEEEDC and #CEE0EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CEEEEC for text?

Black text on #CEEEEC has a contrast ratio of 17.07:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.