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#DDEAED — Pale Dusty Teal

#DDEAED 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 #DDEAED 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.

#DDEAED 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 #EDE0DE; it also sits naturally between #DEEDE8 and #DEE3ED. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DDEAED · RGB 221, 234, 237

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Color values

HEX#DDEAED
RGB221, 234, 237
HSL191°, 31%, 90%
HSV191°, 7%, 93%
CMYK7%, 1%, 0%, 7%
XYZ74.53, 80.33, 91.70
Yxy80.33, 0.3023, 0.3258
CIE-Lab91.83, -3.73, -2.95
Hunter Lab89.63, -3.69, -2.91

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 92% · Blue 93%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DDEAED

.text { color: #DDEAED; }
.background { background-color: #DDEAED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DDEAED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(221, 234, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(191, 31%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DDEAED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(221, 234, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DDEAED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(221, 234, 237, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DDEAED

#C0D8DE#A5C8CF#87B5C0#6CA5B2#538F9D#43747F#355C64#254046#17282B#070C0D

Tints of #DDEAED

#E1EDEF#E1EDEF#E4EFF1#E4EFF1#E8F1F3#EBF3F4#EBF3F4#EEF5F6#EEF5F6#F2F7F8

Tones of #DDEAED

#DFEAEC#E0E9EB#E1E8EA#E2E8E9#E3E7E8#E4E6E7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EDE0DE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.23:1 Fails
Against black text17.07:1 AAA

Best text color on #DDEAED: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DDEAED

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 #DDEAED: ·

How #DDEAED looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E3E3ECDeuteranopia · #E2E1ECTritanopia · #DEECEC

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 #DDEAED rather than the exact color:

Palette 27374d
#27374D · #526D82 · #9DB2BF · #DDE6ED
Palette Fff5eb
#FFF5EB · #DEEDF0 · #F4C7AB · #B2B8A3
Cosmic Harbor
#2A6977 · #9F378B · #BACC6C · #D9E8EC
Palette Ffe6e6
#FFE6E6 · #F2D1D1 · #DAEAF1 · #C6DCE4
Palette 2f5d62
#2F5D62 · #5E8B7E · #A7C4BC · #DFEEEA
Palette Dff4f3
#DFF4F3 · #DDE7F2 · #B9BBDF · #878ECD

Similar colors

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

#DDE6ED#DEEDF0#D9E8EC#DAEAF1#DFEEEA#DDE7F2#D8E9F0#D7EAEA#DBEDF3#D8EFED#E1E5EA#D9F0ED

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DDEAEC  ·  #DDEAEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DDEAED?

#DDEAED is Pale Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 221, 234, 237). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DDEAED?

#DDEAED is RGB 221, 234, 237 — HSL 191°, 31%, 90% — CMYK 7%, 1%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #DDEAED?

Its complement is #EDE0DE; analogous partners are #DEEDE8 and #DEE3ED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DDEAED for text?

Black text on #DDEAED has a contrast ratio of 17.07:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.