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#E4EEF1 — Pale Muted Teal

#E4EEF1 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 #E4EEF1 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.

#E4EEF1 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 #F1E7E4; it also sits naturally between #E4F1EE and #E4E8F1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E4EEF1 · RGB 228, 238, 241

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Color values

HEX#E4EEF1
RGB228, 238, 241
HSL194°, 32%, 92%
HSV194°, 5%, 95%
CMYK5%, 1%, 0%, 5%
XYZ78.45, 83.99, 95.30
Yxy83.99, 0.3044, 0.3259
CIE-Lab93.45, -2.75, -2.61
Hunter Lab91.65, -2.74, -2.58

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 93% · Blue 95%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 0% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E4EEF1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E4EEF1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E4EEF1

.text { color: #E4EEF1; }
.background { background-color: #E4EEF1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E4EEF1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 238, 241); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(194, 32%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E4EEF1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 238, 241, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E4EEF1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 238, 241, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E4EEF1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E4EEF1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E4EEF1

#C6DBE2#A7C8D2#8DB7C4#6EA4B4#538FA2#447483#345A65#26424A#17272C#070C0D

Tints of #E4EEF1

#E4EEF1#E7F0F3#E7F0F3#EBF2F5#EBF2F5#EBF2F5#EEF4F6#EEF4F6#F2F7F8#F2F7F8

Tones of #E4EEF1

#E5EEF0#E6EDEF#E7EDEE#E8ECED#E9ECEC#EAEBEC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F1E7E4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.80:1 AAA

Best text color on #E4EEF1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E4EEF1

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 #E4EEF1: ·

How #E4EEF1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E8E8F0Deuteranopia · #E8E7F0Tritanopia · #E5F0F0

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 #E4EEF1 rather than the exact color:

Palette E8edf2
#E8EDF2 · #2C3947 · #547A95 · #C2A56D
Palette 19183b
#19183B · #708993 · #A1C2BD · #E7F2EF
Palette F5f5f5
#F5F5F5 · #DFF1F1 · #BBD5DA · #FF0000
Palette Fff5eb
#FFF5EB · #DEEDF0 · #F4C7AB · #B2B8A3
Palette 000000
#000000 · #233D4D · #FE7F2D · #EAECF0
Palette Eaefef
#EAEFEF · #BFC9D1 · #25343F · #FF9B51

Similar colors

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

#E8EDF2#E7F2EF#DFF1F1#DEEDF0#EAECF0#EAEFEF#E8F1F5#E3F4F4#E1F4F3#E9EFEC#DFF4F3#DEF4F0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E4EEF0  ·  #E4EEF2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E4EEF1?

#E4EEF1 is Pale Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 228, 238, 241). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E4EEF1?

#E4EEF1 is RGB 228, 238, 241 — HSL 194°, 32%, 92% — CMYK 5%, 1%, 0%, 5%.

What colors go with #E4EEF1?

Its complement is #F1E7E4; analogous partners are #E4F1EE and #E4E8F1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E4EEF1 for text?

Black text on #E4EEF1 has a contrast ratio of 17.80:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.