Palettes / Colors / #E5EAEB

#E5EAEB — Pale Dusty Teal

#E5EAEB is a teal color we call Pale Dusty Teal, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the teal family.

#E5EAEB 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 #EBE6E5; it also sits naturally between #E5EBE9 and #E5E7EB. 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 90% · Green 92% · Blue 92%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

Previews

CSS code for #E5EAEB

.text { color: #E5EAEB; }
.background { background-color: #E5EAEB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E5EAEB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(229, 234, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(190, 13%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E5EAEB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(229, 234, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E5EAEB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(229, 234, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E5EAEB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E5EAEB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E5EAEB

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EBE6E5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E5EAEB: #000000.

How #E5EAEB 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 #E5EAEB or a close neighbour

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E5EAEA  ·  #E5EAEC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E5EAEB?

#E5EAEB is Pale Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 229, 234, 235). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E5EAEB?

#E5EAEB is RGB 229, 234, 235 — HSL 190°, 13%, 91% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #E5EAEB?

Its complement is #EBE6E5; analogous partners are #E5EBE9 and #E5E7EB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E5EAEB for text?

Black text on #E5EAEB has a contrast ratio of 17.30:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.