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#E1EFEB — Pale Dusty Teal

#E1EFEB is a teal color we call Pale Dusty Teal, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the teal family.

#E1EFEB 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 #EFE1E5; it also sits naturally between #E1EFE4 and #E1ECEF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E1EFEB · RGB 225, 239, 235

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Color values

HEX#E1EFEB
RGB225, 239, 235
HSL163°, 30%, 91%
HSV163°, 6%, 94%
CMYK6%, 0%, 2%, 6%
XYZ76.91, 83.74, 90.71
Yxy83.74, 0.3060, 0.3331
CIE-Lab93.34, -5.35, 0.32
Hunter Lab91.51, -5.31, 0.32

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 88% · Green 94% · Blue 92%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #E1EFEB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E1EFEB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E1EFEB

.text { color: #E1EFEB; }
.background { background-color: #E1EFEB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E1EFEB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(225, 239, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(163, 30%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E1EFEB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(225, 239, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E1EFEB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(225, 239, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E1EFEB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E1EFEB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E1EFEB

#C3DFD7#A9D1C5#8BC1B1#6DB09D#569F8A#468170#366356#25463D#172B25#070D0C

Tints of #E1EFEB

#E4F1ED#E4F1ED#E8F3EF#E8F3EF#EBF4F2#EBF4F2#EEF6F4#EEF6F4#F2F8F6#F2F8F6

Tones of #E1EFEB

#E2EEEB#E3EDEA#E4ECEA#E5EBE9#E6EAE9#E7E9E8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EFE1E5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.75:1 AAA

Best text color on #E1EFEB: #000000.

How #E1EFEB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E7ECDeuteranopia · #E6E5ECTritanopia · #E2EDED

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 #E1EFEB 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 Fff5eb
#FFF5EB · #DEEDF0 · #F4C7AB · #B2B8A3
Palette F5f5f5
#F5F5F5 · #DFF1F1 · #BBD5DA · #FF0000

Similar colors

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

#DFEEEA#DFF2EB#E2F1E7#E4EFE7#DEEDF0#DFF1F1#DDF4E7#E0ECE4#DEF4F0#E7F2EF#E9EFEC#E5EEE4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E1EFEA  ·  #E1EFEC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E1EFEB?

#E1EFEB is Pale Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 225, 239, 235). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E1EFEB?

#E1EFEB is RGB 225, 239, 235 — HSL 163°, 30%, 91% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 2%, 6%.

What colors go with #E1EFEB?

Its complement is #EFE1E5; analogous partners are #E1EFE4 and #E1ECEF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E1EFEB for text?

Black text on #E1EFEB has a contrast ratio of 17.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.