Palettes / Colors / #DEE5E4

#DEE5E4 — Pale Dusty Teal

#DEE5E4 is a teal color we call Pale Dusty Teal, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the teal family.

#DEE5E4 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 #E4DDDE; it also sits naturally between #DDE4DF and #DDE2E4. 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 90% · Blue 89%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 0% · Key 10%

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

Previews

CSS code for #DEE5E4

.text { color: #DEE5E4; }
.background { background-color: #DEE5E4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEE5E4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 229, 228); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(171, 12%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEE5E4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 229, 228, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEE5E4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 229, 228, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DEE5E4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DEE5E4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DEE5E4

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Tones of #DEE5E4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E4DDDE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DEE5E4: #000000.

How #DEE5E4 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 #DEE5E4 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

← #DEE5E3  ·  #DEE5E5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEE5E4?

#DEE5E4 is Pale Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 222, 229, 228). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEE5E4?

#DEE5E4 is RGB 222, 229, 228 — HSL 171°, 12%, 88% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 0%, 10%.

What colors go with #DEE5E4?

Its complement is #E4DDDE; analogous partners are #DDE4DF and #DDE2E4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEE5E4 for text?

Black text on #DEE5E4 has a contrast ratio of 16.43:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.28:1.