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#DFEFED — Pale Muted Teal

#DFEFED 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 #DFEFED 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.

#DFEFED 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 #F0E0E2; it also sits naturally between #E0F0E6 and #E0EAF0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFEFED · RGB 223, 239, 237

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Color values

HEX#DFEFED
RGB223, 239, 237
HSL173°, 33%, 91%
HSV173°, 7%, 94%
CMYK7%, 0%, 1%, 6%
XYZ76.58, 83.54, 92.21
Yxy83.54, 0.3035, 0.3311
CIE-Lab93.25, -5.63, -0.86
Hunter Lab91.40, -5.58, -0.84

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 94% · Blue 93%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 1% · Key 6%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DFEFED

.text { color: #DFEFED; }
.background { background-color: #DFEFED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFEFED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 239, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(173, 33%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFEFED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 239, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFEFED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 239, 237, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DFEFED

#C2E0DD#A7D3CD#88C3BC#6AB4AB#52A399#43847D#336660#244743#162C2A#070E0D

Tints of #DFEFED

#E4F1F0#E4F1F0#E7F3F2#E7F3F2#EBF5F4#EBF5F4#EEF6F5#EEF6F5#F1F8F7#F1F8F7

Tones of #DFEFED

#E2EEED#E3EEEC#E4ECEB#E5EBEB#E6EAEA#E7E9E9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F0E0E2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.71:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFEFED: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFEFED

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 #DFEFED: ·

How #DFEFED looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E6E6EDDeuteranopia · #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 #DFEFED rather than the exact color:

Palette 2f5d62
#2F5D62 · #5E8B7E · #A7C4BC · #DFEEEA
Palette Dff2eb
#DFF2EB · #B9E5E8 · #7AB2D3 · #4A628A
Palette Fff5eb
#FFF5EB · #DEEDF0 · #F4C7AB · #B2B8A3
Palette F5f5f5
#F5F5F5 · #DFF1F1 · #BBD5DA · #FF0000
Palette Dcf2f1
#DCF2F1 · #7FC7D9 · #365486 · #0F1035
Palette 9a1f40
#9A1F40 · #D9455F · #74D4C0 · #DEF4F0

Similar colors

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

#DFEEEA#DFF2EB#DEEDF0#DFF1F1#DCF2F1#DEF4F0#D9F0ED#DBEFF2#DBF1F2#D8EFED#E2F1E7#DBEDF3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFEFEC  ·  #DFEFEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFEFED?

#DFEFED is Pale Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 223, 239, 237). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFEFED?

#DFEFED is RGB 223, 239, 237 — HSL 173°, 33%, 91% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 1%, 6%.

What colors go with #DFEFED?

Its complement is #F0E0E2; analogous partners are #E0F0E6 and #E0EAF0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFEFED for text?

Black text on #DFEFED has a contrast ratio of 17.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.