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#DFEFEA — Pale Muted Teal

#DFEFEA is a teal color we call Pale Muted 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 #DFEFEA 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.

#DFEFEA 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 #F0E0E5; it also sits naturally between #E0F0E3 and #E0EDF0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFEFEA · RGB 223, 239, 234

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Color values

HEX#DFEFEA
RGB223, 239, 234
HSL161°, 33%, 91%
HSV161°, 7%, 94%
CMYK7%, 0%, 2%, 6%
XYZ76.15, 83.36, 89.92
Yxy83.36, 0.3053, 0.3342
CIE-Lab93.17, -6.19, 0.59
Hunter Lab91.30, -6.12, 0.57

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 94% · Blue 92%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 2% · Key 6%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DFEFEA

.text { color: #DFEFEA; }
.background { background-color: #DFEFEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFEFEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 239, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(161, 33%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFEFEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 239, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFEFEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 239, 234, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DFEFEA

#C2E0D7#A7D3C5#88C3B1#6AB49C#52A389#43846F#336656#24473C#162C25#070E0B

Tints of #DFEFEA

#E4F1ED#E4F1ED#E7F3EF#E7F3EF#EBF5F2#EBF5F2#EEF6F4#EEF6F4#F1F8F6#F1F8F6

Tones of #DFEFEA

#E2EEEA#E3EEEA#E4ECEA#E5EBE9#E6EAE9#E7E9E8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F0E0E5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.67:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFEFEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFEFEA

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 #DFEFEA: ·

How #DFEFEA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E6E6EBDeuteranopia · #E5E4ECTritanopia · #E0ECEC

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 #DFEFEA rather than the exact color:

Palette 2f5d62
#2F5D62 · #5E8B7E · #A7C4BC · #DFEEEA
Palette Dff2eb
#DFF2EB · #B9E5E8 · #7AB2D3 · #4A628A
Palette 243642
#243642 · #387478 · #629584 · #E2F1E7
Palette Faf1e6
#FAF1E6 · #FDFAF6 · #E4EFE7 · #064420
Palette Ddf4e7
#DDF4E7 · #67C090 · #26667F · #124170
Palette Fff5eb
#FFF5EB · #DEEDF0 · #F4C7AB · #B2B8A3

Similar colors

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

#DFEEEA#DFF2EB#E2F1E7#E4EFE7#DDF4E7#DEEDF0#D9F0ED#E0ECE4#DFF1F1#D8EFED#DEF5E5#DEF4F0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFEFE9  ·  #DFEFEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFEFEA?

#DFEFEA is Pale Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 223, 239, 234). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFEFEA?

#DFEFEA is RGB 223, 239, 234 — HSL 161°, 33%, 91% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 2%, 6%.

What colors go with #DFEFEA?

Its complement is #F0E0E5; analogous partners are #E0F0E3 and #E0EDF0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFEFEA for text?

Black text on #DFEFEA has a contrast ratio of 17.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.