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#2AAAAC — Teal

#2AAAAC 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 #2AAAAC 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.

#2AAAAC 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 #AC2C2A; it also sits naturally between #2AAC6D and #2A69AC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#2AAAAC · RGB 42, 170, 172

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Color values

HEX#2AAAAC
RGB42, 170, 172
HSL181°, 61%, 42%
HSV181°, 76%, 67%
CMYK76%, 1%, 0%, 33%
XYZ22.78, 32.22, 44.05
Yxy32.22, 0.2300, 0.3253
CIE-Lab63.52, -32.22, -10.81
Hunter Lab56.76, -25.07, -9.73

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 16% · Green 67% · Blue 67%

Cyan 76% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 0% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #2AAAAC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #2AAAAC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #2AAAAC

.text { color: #2AAAAC; }
.background { background-color: #2AAAAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #2AAAAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(42, 170, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(181, 61%, 42%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #2AAAAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(42, 170, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #2AAAAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(42, 170, 172, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#2AAAAC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#2AAAAC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #2AAAAC

#269A9C#228A8C#1F7E7F#1B6D6F#175D5E#134D4E#0F3D3E#0C3131#082021#041010

Tints of #2AAAAC

#2FBFC1#3ECED0#53D3D5#6BD9DB#80DFE0#94E4E5#ADEAEB#C1EFF0#DAF6F6#EFFBFB

Tones of #2AAAAC

#33A1A3#3C999A#468F91#4F8687#597D7D#617475

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AC2C2A:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.82:1 Fails
Against black text7.44:1 AAA

Best text color on #2AAAAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #2AAAAC

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 #2AAAAC: ·

How #2AAAAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #6163ACDeuteranopia · #5A50ABTritanopia · #30ABAB

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 600 · #0891B2Tailwind teal 600 · #0D9488

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #2AAAAC rather than the exact color:

Tranquil Breeze
#67CB3D · #1E6836 · #2AB0A9 · #1A437A
Palette 0766ad
#0766AD · #29ADB2 · #C5E898 · #F3F3F3
Gentle Bloom
#30A6AE · #CF52C7 · #C5CE4C · #D8EFED
Modern Ruby
#31AAA9 · #F8E0A4 · #A82020 · #6C1A1A
Velvet Ruby Terrace
#278A4A · #29A6A4 · #1E3860 · #4B2AB5
Palette 007979
#007979 · #24B1B1 · #FFE2AF · #E37434

Similar colors

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

#2AB0A9#29ADB2#30A6AE#31AAA9#29A6A4#24B1B1#34ADAB#34A7B2#35B0AB#25B6AF#2DAA9E#36ADA3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #2AAAAB  ·  #2AAAAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #2AAAAC?

#2AAAAC is Teal, a teal color (RGB 42, 170, 172). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #2AAAAC?

#2AAAAC is RGB 42, 170, 172 — HSL 181°, 61%, 42% — CMYK 76%, 1%, 0%, 33%.

What colors go with #2AAAAC?

Its complement is #AC2C2A; analogous partners are #2AAC6D and #2A69AC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #2AAAAC for text?

Black text on #2AAAAC has a contrast ratio of 7.44:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.82:1.