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#DEECEC — Pale Dusty Teal

#DEECEC 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 #DEECEC 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.

#DEECEC 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 #ECDFDF; it also sits naturally between #DFECE6 and #DFE6EC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DEECEC · RGB 222, 236, 236

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Color values

HEX#DEECEC
RGB222, 236, 236
HSL180°, 27%, 90%
HSV180°, 6%, 93%
CMYK6%, 0%, 0%, 7%
XYZ75.26, 81.58, 91.14
Yxy81.58, 0.3035, 0.3290
CIE-Lab92.39, -4.62, -1.61
Hunter Lab90.32, -4.57, -1.58

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 93% · Blue 93%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DEECEC

.text { color: #DEECEC; }
.background { background-color: #DEECEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEECEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 236, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(180, 27%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEECEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 236, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEECEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 236, 236, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DEECEC

#C1DCDC#A8CDCD#8ABCBC#71ADAD#579898#477B7B#386161#274444#182A2A#070D0D

Tints of #DEECEC

#E2EEEE#E2EEEE#E5F0F0#E5F0F0#E8F2F2#ECF4F4#ECF4F4#EFF6F6#EFF6F6#F2F8F8

Tones of #DEECEC

#E0EBEB#E1EAEA#E2E9E9#E2E9E9#E3E8E8#E4E7E7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECDFDF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.32:1 AAA

Best text color on #DEECEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DEECEC

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 #DEECEC: ·

How #DEECEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E4E4ECDeuteranopia · #E3E2ECTritanopia · #DFECEC

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 #DEECEC rather than the exact color:

Palette 2f5d62
#2F5D62 · #5E8B7E · #A7C4BC · #DFEEEA
Palette Fff5eb
#FFF5EB · #DEEDF0 · #F4C7AB · #B2B8A3
Palette 27374d
#27374D · #526D82 · #9DB2BF · #DDE6ED
Palette Dff2eb
#DFF2EB · #B9E5E8 · #7AB2D3 · #4A628A
Cosmic Harbor
#2A6977 · #9F378B · #BACC6C · #D9E8EC
Hidden Whisper
#207B67 · #932DB0 · #C1A231 · #D9F0ED

Similar colors

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

#DFEEEA#DEEDF0#DDE6ED#DFF2EB#D9E8EC#D9F0ED#DAEAF1#D8EFED#DFF1F1#DBEFF2#D7EAEA#DBEDF3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DEECEB  ·  #DEECED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEECEC?

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

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEECEC?

#DEECEC is RGB 222, 236, 236 — HSL 180°, 27%, 90% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #DEECEC?

Its complement is #ECDFDF; analogous partners are #DFECE6 and #DFE6EC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEECEC for text?

Black text on #DEECEC has a contrast ratio of 17.32:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.