Palettes / Colors / #CEEFEF

#CEEFEF — Pale Muted Teal

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

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lavender (#E6E6FA) — not an exact match. CSS lavender gives you #E6E6FA, a different color; use #CEEFEF 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.

#CEEFEF 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 #EFCDCD; it also sits naturally between #CDEFDE and #CDDEEF. 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 94% · Blue 94%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #CEEFEF

.text { color: #CEEFEF; }
.background { background-color: #CEEFEF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CEEFEF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 239, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(180, 51%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CEEFEF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 239, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CEEFEF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 239, 239, 0.8); }

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

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EFCDCD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CEEFEF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CEEFEF

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 #CEEFEF 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 #CEEFEF 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

← #CEEFEE  ·  #CEEFF0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CEEFEF?

#CEEFEF is Pale Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 206, 239, 239). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CEEFEF?

#CEEFEF is RGB 206, 239, 239 — HSL 180°, 51%, 87% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #CEEFEF?

Its complement is #EFCDCD; analogous partners are #CDEFDE and #CDDEEF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CEEFEF for text?

Black text on #CEEFEF has a contrast ratio of 17.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.