Palettes / Colors / #E5FFFA

#E5FFFA — Pale Vivid Teal

#E5FFFA is a teal color we call Pale Vivid Teal, closest to the named color Azure (#F0FFFF). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: azure (#F0FFFF) — not an exact match. CSS azure gives you #F0FFFF, a different color; use #E5FFFA 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.

#E5FFFA 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 #FFE5EB; it also sits naturally between #E5FFED and #E5F7FF. 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 100% · Blue 98%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 2% · Key 0%

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

Previews

CSS code for #E5FFFA

.text { color: #E5FFFA; }
.background { background-color: #E5FFFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E5FFFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(229, 255, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(168, 100%, 95%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E5FFFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(229, 255, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E5FFFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(229, 255, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E5FFFA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E5FFFA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #FFE5EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E5FFFA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E5FFFA

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 #E5FFFA 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 #E5FFFA 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

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #E5FFFA?

#E5FFFA is Pale Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 229, 255, 250). Its closest standard named color is Azure.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E5FFFA?

#E5FFFA is RGB 229, 255, 250 — HSL 168°, 100%, 95% — CMYK 10%, 0%, 2%, 0%.

What colors go with #E5FFFA?

Its complement is #FFE5EB; analogous partners are #E5FFED and #E5F7FF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E5FFFA for text?

Black text on #E5FFFA has a contrast ratio of 20.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.05:1.