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#E2EFF3 — Pale Muted Teal

#E2EFF3 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 #E2EFF3 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.

#E2EFF3 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 #F3E6E2; it also sits naturally between #E2F3EF and #E2E7F3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E2EFF3 · RGB 226, 239, 243

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Color values

HEX#E2EFF3
RGB226, 239, 243
HSL194°, 41%, 92%
HSV194°, 7%, 95%
CMYK7%, 2%, 0%, 5%
XYZ78.41, 84.37, 96.95
Yxy84.37, 0.3019, 0.3249
CIE-Lab93.61, -3.53, -3.42
Hunter Lab91.85, -3.53, -3.40

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 94% · Blue 95%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 0% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E2EFF3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2EFF3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2EFF3

.text { color: #E2EFF3; }
.background { background-color: #E2EFF3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2EFF3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 239, 243); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(194, 41%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2EFF3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 239, 243, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2EFF3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 239, 243, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2EFF3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2EFF3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2EFF3

#C2DDE5#A2CBD8#85BBCC#64A9BE#4895AD#3B798C#2D5D6C#21444F#14282F#060C0E

Tints of #E2EFF3

#E2EFF3#E6F1F4#E6F1F4#E9F3F6#E9F3F6#E9F3F6#EDF5F7#EDF5F7#F1F7F9#F1F7F9

Tones of #E2EFF3

#E3EEF2#E5EEF1#E6EDEF#E7EDEE#E8ECED#E9EBEC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F3E6E2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.87:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2EFF3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2EFF3

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 #E2EFF3: ·

How #E2EFF3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E8E8F2Deuteranopia · #E7E6F2Tritanopia · #E3F1F1

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 #E2EFF3 rather than the exact color:

Palette F5f5f5
#F5F5F5 · #DFF1F1 · #BBD5DA · #FF0000
Palette 333333
#333333 · #FFFFFF · #E1F4F3 · #706C61
Palette C4dfdf
#C4DFDF · #D2E9E9 · #E3F4F4 · #F8F6F4
Palette Fff5eb
#FFF5EB · #DEEDF0 · #F4C7AB · #B2B8A3
Palette Dff4f3
#DFF4F3 · #DDE7F2 · #B9BBDF · #878ECD
Cosmic Mosaic
#C0EFAE · #C1EED8 · #DDEEF6 · #B5AFEC

Similar colors

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

#DFF1F1#E1F4F3#E3F4F4#DEEDF0#DFF4F3#DDEEF6#E8EDF2#E8F1F5#DDF3F5#DCF2F1#DBEFF2#E7F2EF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2EFF2  ·  #E2EFF4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2EFF3?

#E2EFF3 is Pale Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 226, 239, 243). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2EFF3?

#E2EFF3 is RGB 226, 239, 243 — HSL 194°, 41%, 92% — CMYK 7%, 2%, 0%, 5%.

What colors go with #E2EFF3?

Its complement is #F3E6E2; analogous partners are #E2F3EF and #E2E7F3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2EFF3 for text?

Black text on #E2EFF3 has a contrast ratio of 17.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.