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#CEEFF5 — Pale Teal

#CEEFF5 is a teal color we call Pale 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 #CEEFF5 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.

#CEEFF5 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 #F5D2CC; it also sits naturally between #CCF5E6 and #CCDAF5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CEEFF5 · RGB 206, 239, 245

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Color values

HEX#CEEFF5
RGB206, 239, 245
HSL189°, 66%, 88%
HSV189°, 16%, 96%
CMYK16%, 2%, 0%, 4%
XYZ72.80, 81.45, 98.27
Yxy81.45, 0.2883, 0.3225
CIE-Lab92.33, -9.46, -6.50
Hunter Lab90.25, -9.27, -6.54

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 94% · Blue 96%

Cyan 16% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 0% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CEEFF5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CEEFF5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CEEFF5

.text { color: #CEEFF5; }
.background { background-color: #CEEFF5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CEEFF5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 239, 245); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(189, 66%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CEEFF5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 239, 245, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CEEFF5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 239, 245, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CEEFF5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CEEFF5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CEEFF5

#AAE4EE#84D7E6#62CCDF#3CC0D7#28ABC3#218EA1#196C7B#124E59#0A2D33#030F11

Tints of #CEEFF5

#D0F0F5#D5F1F6#D5F1F6#D9F3F7#DDF4F8#E1F5F9#E6F7FA#E6F7FA#EAF8FB#EEFAFC

Tones of #CEEFF5

#CFEDF2#D2EAEF#D5E9EC#D8E6E9#DBE4E6#DEE2E3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F5D2CC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.29:1 AAA

Best text color on #CEEFF5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CEEFF5

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CEEFF5: ·

How #CEEFF5 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #DCDDF4Deuteranopia · #DAD8F3Tritanopia · #D0F2F2

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CEEFF5 rather than the exact color:

Honey Opal
#D1F0F5 · #64C9D9 · #29B6CC · #15525B
Palette E3fdfd
#E3FDFD · #CBF1F5 · #A6E3E9 · #71C9CE
Palette Ffe6eb
#FFE6EB · #DEFCFC · #CBF1F5 · #A6E3E9
Palette F9b2d7
#F9B2D7 · #CFECF3 · #DAF9DE · #F6FFDC
Palette F4f9f9
#F4F9F9 · #CCF2F4 · #A4EBF3 · #AAAAAA
Ocean Cold
#03045E · #0077B6 · #00B4D8 · #CAF0F8

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#D1F0F5#CBF1F5#CFECF3#CCF2F4#CAF0F8#CEECF0#CFEAF2#C8F1F5#C8EFF3#CFF1EF#D1E9F6#CEF0EE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CEEFF4  ·  #CEEFF6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CEEFF5?

#CEEFF5 is Pale Teal, a teal color (RGB 206, 239, 245). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CEEFF5?

#CEEFF5 is RGB 206, 239, 245 — HSL 189°, 66%, 88% — CMYK 16%, 2%, 0%, 4%.

What colors go with #CEEFF5?

Its complement is #F5D2CC; analogous partners are #CCF5E6 and #CCDAF5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CEEFF5 for text?

Black text on #CEEFF5 has a contrast ratio of 17.29:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.