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#DFEDEE — Pale Dusty Teal

#DFEDEE 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 #DFEDEE 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.

#DFEDEE 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 #DEEDE7 and #DEE4ED. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFEDEE · RGB 223, 237, 238

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Color values

HEX#DFEDEE
RGB223, 237, 238
HSL184°, 31%, 90%
HSV184°, 6%, 93%
CMYK6%, 0%, 0%, 7%
XYZ76.15, 82.43, 92.79
Yxy82.43, 0.3029, 0.3279
CIE-Lab92.76, -4.43, -2.09
Hunter Lab90.79, -4.39, -2.06

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

CSS code for #DFEDEE

.text { color: #DFEDEE; }
.background { background-color: #DFEDEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFEDEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 237, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(184, 31%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFEDEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 237, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFEDEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 237, 238, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DFEDEE

#C0DCDE#A5CDCF#87BCC0#6CADB2#53989D#437B7F#356164#254446#172A2B#070D0D

Tints of #DFEDEE

#E1EEEF#E1EEEF#E4F0F1#E4F0F1#E8F2F3#EBF4F4#EBF4F4#EEF6F6#EEF6F6#F2F8F8

Tones of #DFEDEE

#DFEBEC#E0EAEB#E1E9EA#E2E8E9#E3E7E8#E4E6E7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EDDFDE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.20:1 Fails
Against black text17.49:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFEDEE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFEDEE

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 #DFEDEE: ·

How #DFEDEE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E5EEDeuteranopia · #E4E3EETritanopia · #E0EEEE

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 #DFEDEE rather than the exact color:

Palette Fff5eb
#FFF5EB · #DEEDF0 · #F4C7AB · #B2B8A3
Palette 2f5d62
#2F5D62 · #5E8B7E · #A7C4BC · #DFEEEA
Palette F5f5f5
#F5F5F5 · #DFF1F1 · #BBD5DA · #FF0000
Palette Dff2eb
#DFF2EB · #B9E5E8 · #7AB2D3 · #4A628A
Radiant Mirage
#AFEEBA · #DBEFF2 · #CDC9EA · #ECB4E8
Palette 283149
#283149 · #404B69 · #F73859 · #DBEDF3

Similar colors

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

#DEEDF0#DFEEEA#DFF1F1#DFF2EB#DBEFF2#DBEDF3#DAEAF1#DCF2F1#D9F0ED#DBF1F2#D8EFED#DDE6ED

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFEDED  ·  #DFEDEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFEDEE?

#DFEDEE is Pale Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 223, 237, 238). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFEDEE?

#DFEDEE is RGB 223, 237, 238 — HSL 184°, 31%, 90% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #DFEDEE?

Its complement is #EDDFDE; analogous partners are #DEEDE7 and #DEE4ED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFEDEE for text?

Black text on #DFEDEE has a contrast ratio of 17.49:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.20:1.