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#E3EBEC — Pale Dusty Teal

#E3EBEC is a teal color we call Pale Dusty Teal, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the teal family.

#E3EBEC 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 #ECE5E4; it also sits naturally between #E4ECE9 and #E4E7EC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E3EBEC · RGB 227, 235, 236

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Color values

HEX#E3EBEC
RGB227, 235, 236
HSL187°, 19%, 91%
HSV187°, 4%, 93%
CMYK4%, 0%, 0%, 7%
XYZ76.53, 81.80, 91.11
Yxy81.80, 0.3068, 0.3279
CIE-Lab92.49, -2.47, -1.42
Hunter Lab90.45, -2.46, -1.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 92% · Blue 93%

Cyan 4% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E3EBEC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E3EBEC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E3EBEC

.text { color: #E3EBEC; }
.background { background-color: #E3EBEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E3EBEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(227, 235, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(187, 19%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E3EBEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(227, 235, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E3EBEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(227, 235, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E3EBEC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E3EBEC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E3EBEC

#C8D8DA#B0C6C9#95B3B7#799FA4#638C92#517276#3E585B#2B3D40#1B2627#080C0C

Tints of #E3EBEC

#E7EEEE#E7EEEE#EAF0F1#EAF0F1#EDF2F3#EDF2F3#F0F4F5#F0F4F5#F3F6F7#F3F6F7

Tones of #E3EBEC

#E4EBEC#E5EBEB#E6EAEB#E6E9EA#E7E9E9#E7E9E9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECE5E4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.36:1 AAA

Best text color on #E3EBEC: #000000.

How #E3EBEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E6E7ECDeuteranopia · #E6E5ECTritanopia · #E3ECEC

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 #E3EBEC rather than the exact color:

Palette 2f5d62
#2F5D62 · #5E8B7E · #A7C4BC · #DFEEEA
Palette Faf1e6
#FAF1E6 · #FDFAF6 · #E4EFE7 · #064420
Palette Faf3f3
#FAF3F3 · #E1E5EA · #A7BBC7 · #DA7F8F
Palette Fff5eb
#FFF5EB · #DEEDF0 · #F4C7AB · #B2B8A3
Palette 001bb7
#001BB7 · #0046FF · #FF8040 · #E9E9E9
Palette F4f4f2
#F4F4F2 · #E8E8E8 · #BBBFCA · #495464

Similar colors

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

#DFEEEA#E4EFE7#E1E5EA#DEEDF0#E9E9E9#E8E8E8#E9EFEC#EAEAEA#DDE6ED#E8EAE6#E2F1E7#E8EDF2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E3EBEB  ·  #E3EBED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E3EBEC?

#E3EBEC is Pale Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 227, 235, 236). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E3EBEC?

#E3EBEC is RGB 227, 235, 236 — HSL 187°, 19%, 91% — CMYK 4%, 0%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #E3EBEC?

Its complement is #ECE5E4; analogous partners are #E4ECE9 and #E4E7EC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E3EBEC for text?

Black text on #E3EBEC has a contrast ratio of 17.36:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.