Palettes / Colors / #E7EEED

#E7EEED — Pale Dusty Teal

#E7EEED is a teal color we call Pale Dusty Teal, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the teal family.

#E7EEED 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 #EEE7E8; it also sits naturally between #E7EEEA and #E7ECEE. 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 91% · Green 93% · Blue 93%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #E7EEED

.text { color: #E7EEED; }
.background { background-color: #E7EEED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E7EEED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(231, 238, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(171, 17%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E7EEED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(231, 238, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E7EEED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(231, 238, 237, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E7EEED">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E7EEED">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEE7E8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E7EEED: #000000.

How #E7EEED 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 #E7EEED 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

← #E7EEEC  ·  #E7EEEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E7EEED?

#E7EEED is Pale Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 231, 238, 237). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E7EEED?

#E7EEED is RGB 231, 238, 237 — HSL 171°, 17%, 92% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #E7EEED?

Its complement is #EEE7E8; analogous partners are #E7EEEA and #E7ECEE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E7EEED for text?

Black text on #E7EEED has a contrast ratio of 17.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.