Palettes / Colors / #DEEDEA

#DEEDEA — Pale Dusty Teal

#DEEDEA is a teal color we call Pale Dusty Teal, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the teal family.

#DEEDEA 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 #EDDEE1; it also sits naturally between #DEEDE3 and #DEE8ED. 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 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

CSS code for #DEEDEA

.text { color: #DEEDEA; }
.background { background-color: #DEEDEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEEDEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 237, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(168, 29%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEEDEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 237, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEEDEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 237, 234, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DEEDEA

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EDDEE1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DEEDEA: #000000.

How #DEEDEA 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 #DEEDEA 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

← #DEEDE9  ·  #DEEDEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEEDEA?

#DEEDEA is Pale Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 222, 237, 234). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEEDEA?

#DEEDEA is RGB 222, 237, 234 — HSL 168°, 29%, 90% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 1%, 7%.

What colors go with #DEEDEA?

Its complement is #EDDEE1; analogous partners are #DEEDE3 and #DEE8ED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEEDEA for text?

Black text on #DEEDEA has a contrast ratio of 17.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.