Palettes / Colors / #D8EEEA

#D8EEEA — Pale Muted Teal

#D8EEEA 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 #D8EEEA 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.

#D8EEEA 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 #EED8DC; it also sits naturally between #D8EEDF and #D8E7EE. 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 85% · Green 93% · Blue 92%

Cyan 9% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 2% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #D8EEEA

.text { color: #D8EEEA; }
.background { background-color: #D8EEEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #D8EEEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(216, 238, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(169, 39%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #D8EEEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(216, 238, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #D8EEEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(216, 238, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#D8EEEA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#D8EEEA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EED8DC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #D8EEEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #D8EEEA

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 #D8EEEA 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 #D8EEEA 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

← #D8EEE9  ·  #D8EEEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #D8EEEA?

#D8EEEA is Pale Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 216, 238, 234). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #D8EEEA?

#D8EEEA is RGB 216, 238, 234 — HSL 169°, 39%, 89% — CMYK 9%, 0%, 2%, 7%.

What colors go with #D8EEEA?

Its complement is #EED8DC; analogous partners are #D8EEDF and #D8E7EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #D8EEEA for text?

Black text on #D8EEEA has a contrast ratio of 17.34:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.