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#CFEEF3 — Pale Teal

#CFEEF3 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 #CFEEF3 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.

#CFEEF3 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 #F3D3CE; it also sits naturally between #CEF3E5 and #CEDCF3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CFEEF3 · RGB 207, 238, 243

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Color values

HEX#CFEEF3
RGB207, 238, 243
HSL188°, 60%, 88%
HSV188°, 15%, 95%
CMYK15%, 2%, 0%, 5%
XYZ72.48, 80.89, 96.59
Yxy80.89, 0.2900, 0.3236
CIE-Lab92.08, -9.05, -5.82
Hunter Lab89.94, -8.86, -5.83

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 93% · Blue 95%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 0% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CFEEF3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CFEEF3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CFEEF3

.text { color: #CFEEF3; }
.background { background-color: #CFEEF3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CFEEF3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(207, 238, 243); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(188, 60%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CFEEF3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(207, 238, 243, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CFEEF3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(207, 238, 243, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CFEEF3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CFEEF3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CFEEF3

#ADE2EB#89D6E1#68CAD9#43BDD0#2FA9BC#278C9B#1E6A76#154D56#0C2C31#040F10

Tints of #CFEEF3

#D2EFF4#D6F1F5#D6F1F5#DAF2F6#DEF4F7#E2F5F8#E7F6F9#E7F6F9#EBF8FA#EFF9FB

Tones of #CFEEF3

#D1ECF0#D3EAEE#D6E8EB#D8E6E8#DBE4E6#DEE2E3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F3D3CE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.18:1 AAA

Best text color on #CFEEF3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CFEEF3

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 #CFEEF3: ·

How #CFEEF3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DCDDF2Deuteranopia · #DBD8F2Tritanopia · #D1F1F1

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 #CFEEF3 rather than the exact color:

Palette F9b2d7
#F9B2D7 · #CFECF3 · #DAF9DE · #F6FFDC
Honey Opal
#D1F0F5 · #64C9D9 · #29B6CC · #15525B
Palette F9fa9b
#F9FA9B · #FF7777 · #CEECF0 · #F0F3F3
Electric Ruby Cinder
#CFEAF2 · #B2B1EB · #F1D9F6 · #EDC4D4
Palette Cff1ef
#CFF1EF · #FFFFFF · #FBCFFC · #BE79DF
Palette F4f9f9
#F4F9F9 · #CCF2F4 · #A4EBF3 · #AAAAAA

Similar colors

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

#CFECF3#D1F0F5#CEECF0#CFEAF2#CFF1EF#CCF2F4#CBF1F5#CEF0EE#D1E9F6#D0E8F2#CBEFEE#C9ECF1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CFEEF2  ·  #CFEEF4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CFEEF3?

#CFEEF3 is Pale Teal, a teal color (RGB 207, 238, 243). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CFEEF3?

#CFEEF3 is RGB 207, 238, 243 — HSL 188°, 60%, 88% — CMYK 15%, 2%, 0%, 5%.

What colors go with #CFEEF3?

Its complement is #F3D3CE; analogous partners are #CEF3E5 and #CEDCF3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CFEEF3 for text?

Black text on #CFEEF3 has a contrast ratio of 17.18:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.