Palettes / Colors / #DDEAEA

#DDEAEA — Pale Dusty Teal

#DDEAEA is a teal color we call Pale Dusty 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 #DDEAEA 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.

#DDEAEA 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 #EADCDC; it also sits naturally between #DCEAE3 and #DCE3EA. 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 87% · Green 92% · Blue 92%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

CSS code for #DDEAEA

.text { color: #DDEAEA; }
.background { background-color: #DDEAEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DDEAEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(221, 234, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(180, 24%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DDEAEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(221, 234, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DDEAEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(221, 234, 234, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DDEAEA

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EADCDC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DDEAEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DDEAEA

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 #DDEAEA 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 #DDEAEA 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

← #DDEAE9  ·  #DDEAEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DDEAEA?

#DDEAEA is Pale Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 221, 234, 234). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DDEAEA?

#DDEAEA is RGB 221, 234, 234 — HSL 180°, 24%, 89% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #DDEAEA?

Its complement is #EADCDC; analogous partners are #DCEAE3 and #DCE3EA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DDEAEA for text?

Black text on #DDEAEA has a contrast ratio of 17.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.