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#20AFBC — Teal

#20AFBC is a teal color we call Teal, closest to the named color LightSeaGreen (#20B2AA). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightseagreen (#20B2AA) — not an exact match. CSS lightseagreen gives you #20B2AA, a different color; use #20AFBC 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.

#20AFBC is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BC2D20; it also sits naturally between #20BC7B and #2061BC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#20AFBC · RGB 32, 175, 188

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Color values

HEX#20AFBC
RGB32, 175, 188
HSL185°, 71%, 43%
HSV185°, 83%, 74%
CMYK83%, 7%, 0%, 26%
XYZ25.00, 34.60, 52.94
Yxy34.60, 0.2222, 0.3074
CIE-Lab65.43, -30.64, -16.86
Hunter Lab58.82, -24.30, -15.98

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 13% · Green 69% · Blue 74%

Cyan 83% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 0% · Key 26%

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

Previews

Sample text in #20AFBC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #20AFBC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #20AFBC

.text { color: #20AFBC; }
.background { background-color: #20AFBC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #20AFBC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(32, 175, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(185, 71%, 43%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #20AFBC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(32, 175, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #20AFBC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(32, 175, 188, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#20AFBC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#20AFBC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #20AFBC

#1D9EAA#1A8E99#177E87#146E76#126169#0F5157#0C4146#093134#062023#031011

Tints of #20AFBC

#23C3D1#36CFDD#4CD4E1#62DAE4#7CE0E9#92E5ED#A8EAF0#BEEFF4#D8F6F8#EEFBFC

Tones of #20AFBC

#2BA5B1#369CA6#41939B#4D898F#588084#637779

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BC2D20:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.65:1 Fails
Against black text7.92:1 AAA

Best text color on #20AFBC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #20AFBC

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 #20AFBC: ·

How #20AFBC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #5E5FB9Deuteranopia · #564BB8Tritanopia · #27B6B6

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:

Tailwind teal 500 · #14B8A6Tailwind cyan 500 · #06B6D4Tailwind cyan 600 · #0891B2

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #20AFBC rather than the exact color:

Dusty Ruby Cascade
#A2B024 · #27ADBC · #DD59D0 · #D6E4AB
Cosmic Drift
#2D560A · #27CB2C · #157145 · #1DB6B6
Vivid Ruby Summit
#73E9D6 · #24A6BF · #74AEE5 · #4E69E0
Silent Ruby Opal
#7CE2EE · #25B9CB · #19A8B9 · #15747F
Palette 22213d
#22213D · #4E3188 · #24BABC · #EAEF9B
Palette 007979
#007979 · #24B1B1 · #FFE2AF · #E37434

Similar colors

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

#27ADBC#1DB6B6#24A6BF#19A8B9#24BABC#24B1B1#27B9B9#1ABAB8#1CB3C8#24B9B4#29ADB2#12B1B9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #20AFBB  ·  #20AFBD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #20AFBC?

#20AFBC is Teal, a teal color (RGB 32, 175, 188). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #20AFBC?

#20AFBC is RGB 32, 175, 188 — HSL 185°, 71%, 43% — CMYK 83%, 7%, 0%, 26%.

What colors go with #20AFBC?

Its complement is #BC2D20; analogous partners are #20BC7B and #2061BC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #20AFBC for text?

Black text on #20AFBC has a contrast ratio of 7.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.65:1.