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#DEECEA — Pale Dusty Teal

#DEECEA 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 #DEECEA 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.

#DEECEA 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 #ECDFE1; it also sits naturally between #DFECE3 and #DFE8EC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DEECEA · RGB 222, 236, 234

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Color values

HEX#DEECEA
RGB222, 236, 234
HSL171°, 27%, 90%
HSV171°, 6%, 93%
CMYK6%, 0%, 1%, 7%
XYZ74.97, 81.46, 89.61
Yxy81.46, 0.3047, 0.3311
CIE-Lab92.34, -4.99, -0.64
Hunter Lab90.26, -4.93, -0.63

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 93% · Blue 92%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 1% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DEECEA

.text { color: #DEECEA; }
.background { background-color: #DEECEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEECEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 236, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(171, 27%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEECEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 236, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEECEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 236, 234, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DEECEA

#C1DCD8#A8CDC7#8ABCB5#71ADA4#57988F#477B73#38615B#274440#182A27#070D0C

Tints of #DEECEA

#E2EEEC#E2EEEC#E5F0EE#E5F0EE#E8F2F1#ECF4F3#ECF4F3#EFF6F5#EFF6F5#F2F8F7

Tones of #DEECEA

#E0EBEA#E1EAE9#E2E9E8#E2E9E8#E3E8E7#E4E7E6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECDFE1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.29:1 AAA

Best text color on #DEECEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DEECEA

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 #DEECEA: ·

How #DEECEA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E4E4EADeuteranopia · #E3E2EBTritanopia · #DFEBEB

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 #DEECEA rather than the exact color:

Palette 2f5d62
#2F5D62 · #5E8B7E · #A7C4BC · #DFEEEA
Palette Fff5eb
#FFF5EB · #DEEDF0 · #F4C7AB · #B2B8A3
Palette Dff2eb
#DFF2EB · #B9E5E8 · #7AB2D3 · #4A628A
Palette E0ece4
#E0ECE4 · #F7F2E7 · #D8D3CD · #797A7E
Cosmic Harbor
#2A6977 · #9F378B · #BACC6C · #D9E8EC
Palette 27374d
#27374D · #526D82 · #9DB2BF · #DDE6ED

Similar colors

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

#DFEEEA#DEEDF0#DFF2EB#E0ECE4#D9E8EC#DDE6ED#D9F0ED#E2F1E7#D7EAEA#D8EFED#E4EFE7#E1E5EA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DEECE9  ·  #DEECEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEECEA?

#DEECEA is Pale Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 222, 236, 234). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEECEA?

#DEECEA is RGB 222, 236, 234 — HSL 171°, 27%, 90% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 1%, 7%.

What colors go with #DEECEA?

Its complement is #ECDFE1; analogous partners are #DFECE3 and #DFE8EC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEECEA for text?

Black text on #DEECEA has a contrast ratio of 17.29:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.