Palettes / Colors / #DEFEFA

#DEFEFA — Pale Vivid Teal

#DEFEFA is a teal color we call Pale Vivid Teal, closest to the named color Azure (#F0FFFF). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: azure (#F0FFFF) — not an exact match. CSS azure gives you #F0FFFF, a different color; use #DEFEFA 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.

#DEFEFA 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 #FEDCE1; it also sits naturally between #DCFEE9 and #DCF2FE. 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 100% · Blue 98%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 2% · Key 0%

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

Previews

CSS code for #DEFEFA

.text { color: #DEFEFA; }
.background { background-color: #DEFEFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEFEFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 254, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(172, 94%, 93%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEFEFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 254, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEFEFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 254, 250, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DEFEFA

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #FEDCE1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DEFEFA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DEFEFA

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:

How #DEFEFA 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 #DEFEFA 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

← #DEFEF9  ·  #DEFEFB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEFEFA?

#DEFEFA is Pale Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 222, 254, 250). Its closest standard named color is Azure.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEFEFA?

#DEFEFA is RGB 222, 254, 250 — HSL 172°, 94%, 93% — CMYK 13%, 0%, 2%, 0%.

What colors go with #DEFEFA?

Its complement is #FEDCE1; analogous partners are #DCFEE9 and #DCF2FE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEFEFA for text?

Black text on #DEFEFA has a contrast ratio of 19.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.07:1.