Palettes / Colors / #E2EEEF

#E2EEEF — Pale Dusty Teal

#E2EEEF 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 #E2EEEF 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.

#E2EEEF 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 #EFE3E1; it also sits naturally between #E1EFE9 and #E1E7EF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 93% · Blue 94%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

CSS code for #E2EEEF

.text { color: #E2EEEF; }
.background { background-color: #E2EEEF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2EEEF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 238, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(185, 29%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2EEEF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 238, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2EEEF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 238, 239, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2EEEF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2EEEF">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EFE3E1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E2EEEF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2EEEF

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:

How #E2EEEF looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E2EEEF rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2EEEE  ·  #E2EEF0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2EEEF?

#E2EEEF is Pale Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 226, 238, 239). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2EEEF?

#E2EEEF is RGB 226, 238, 239 — HSL 185°, 29%, 91% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #E2EEEF?

Its complement is #EFE3E1; analogous partners are #E1EFE9 and #E1E7EF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2EEEF for text?

Black text on #E2EEEF has a contrast ratio of 17.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.