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#DFEEDD — Pale Muted Green

#DFEEDD is a green color we call Pale Muted Green, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the green family.

#DFEEDD is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm 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 #ECDDEE; it also sits naturally between #E7EEDD and #DDEEE4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFEEDD · RGB 223, 238, 221

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Color values

HEX#DFEEDD
RGB223, 238, 221
HSL113°, 33%, 90%
HSV113°, 7%, 93%
CMYK6%, 0%, 7%, 7%
XYZ74.06, 82.06, 80.34
Yxy82.06, 0.3132, 0.3470
CIE-Lab92.60, -8.01, 6.51
Hunter Lab90.59, -7.88, 6.12

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 93% · Blue 87%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DFEEDD

.text { color: #DFEEDD; }
.background { background-color: #DFEEDD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFEEDD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 238, 221); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(113, 33%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFEEDD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 238, 221, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFEEDD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 238, 221, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DFEEDD

#C2DFBF#A9D1A3#8CC185#72B46A#5A9F50#488141#396633#284724#192C16#080E07

Tints of #DFEEDD

#E2F0E0#E2F0E0#E5F1E4#E5F1E4#E9F3E7#ECF5EB#ECF5EB#EFF6EE#EFF6EE#F2F8F1

Tones of #DFEEDD

#E0EDDE#E1ECDF#E2EAE1#E3E9E2#E4E8E3#E5E7E4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECDDEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.41:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFEEDD: #000000.

How #DFEEDD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E6E1Deuteranopia · #E5E4E2Tritanopia · #E0E4E5

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 #DFEEDD rather than the exact color:

Palette Fefbe9
#FEFBE9 · #E1EEDD · #F0A04B · #183A1D
Honey Terrace
#297433 · #5343BD · #BD5343 · #DCEDDF
Palette E1f0da
#E1F0DA · #D4E7C5 · #BFD8AF · #99BC85
Wild Ruby Twilight
#2DB235 · #3C33CB · #BC382F · #D9F1DE
Tender Ruby Mosaic
#46932E · #3754B0 · #B03754 · #DBEDD7
Palette E0ece4
#E0ECE4 · #F7F2E7 · #D8D3CD · #797A7E

Similar colors

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

#E1EEDD#DCEDDF#E1F0DA#D9F1DE#DBEDD7#E0ECE4#E6F2DD#E7F0DC#D8F3DC#E3F2D6#D8EAE1#E5EEE4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFEEDC  ·  #DFEEDE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFEEDD?

#DFEEDD is Pale Muted Green, a green color (RGB 223, 238, 221). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFEEDD?

#DFEEDD is RGB 223, 238, 221 — HSL 113°, 33%, 90% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 7%, 7%.

What colors go with #DFEEDD?

Its complement is #ECDDEE; analogous partners are #E7EEDD and #DDEEE4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFEEDD for text?

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