Palettes / Colors / #DFECED

#DFECED — Pale Dusty Teal

#DFECED 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 #DFECED 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.

#DFECED 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 #EDDFDE; it also sits naturally between #DEEDE6 and #DEE5ED. 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 93%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #DFECED

.text { color: #DFECED; }
.background { background-color: #DFECED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFECED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 236, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(184, 28%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFECED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 236, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFECED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 236, 237, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DFECED

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EDDFDE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DFECED: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFECED

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 #DFECED 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 #DFECED 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

← #DFECEC  ·  #DFECEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFECED?

#DFECED is Pale Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 223, 236, 237). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFECED?

#DFECED is RGB 223, 236, 237 — HSL 184°, 28%, 90% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #DFECED?

Its complement is #EDDFDE; analogous partners are #DEEDE6 and #DEE5ED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFECED for text?

Black text on #DFECED has a contrast ratio of 17.36:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.