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#DFEEEE — Pale Dusty Teal

#DFEEEE 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 #DFEEEE 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.

#DFEEEE 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 #EDDEDE; it also sits naturally between #DEEDE6 and #DEE6ED. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFEEEE · RGB 223, 238, 238

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Color values

HEX#DFEEEE
RGB223, 238, 238
HSL180°, 31%, 90%
HSV180°, 6%, 93%
CMYK6%, 0%, 0%, 7%
XYZ76.44, 83.01, 92.88
Yxy83.01, 0.3029, 0.3290
CIE-Lab93.02, -4.94, -1.72
Hunter Lab91.11, -4.90, -1.69

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

CSS code for #DFEEEE

.text { color: #DFEEEE; }
.background { background-color: #DFEEEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFEEEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 238, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(180, 31%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFEEEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 238, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFEEEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 238, 238, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DFEEEE

#C0DEDE#A5CFCF#87C0C0#6CB2B2#539D9D#437F7F#356464#254646#172B2B#070D0D

Tints of #DFEEEE

#E1EFEF#E1EFEF#E4F1F1#E4F1F1#E8F3F3#EBF4F4#EBF4F4#EEF6F6#EEF6F6#F2F8F8

Tones of #DFEEEE

#DFECEC#E0EBEB#E1EAEA#E2E9E9#E3E8E8#E4E7E7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EDDEDE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.60:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFEEEE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFEEEE

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 #DFEEEE: ·

How #DFEEEE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E6EEDeuteranopia · #E5E4EETritanopia · #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 #DFEEEE 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 Dcf2f1
#DCF2F1 · #7FC7D9 · #365486 · #0F1035

Similar colors

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

#DEEDF0#DFEEEA#DFF1F1#DFF2EB#DBEFF2#DCF2F1#D9F0ED#DEF4F0#DBF1F2#DBEDF3#DAEAF1#D8EFED

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFEEED  ·  #DFEEEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFEEEE?

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

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFEEEE?

#DFEEEE is RGB 223, 238, 238 — HSL 180°, 31%, 90% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #DFEEEE?

Its complement is #EDDEDE; analogous partners are #DEEDE6 and #DEE6ED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFEEEE for text?

Black text on #DFEEEE has a contrast ratio of 17.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.