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#2CA090 — Teal

#2CA090 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 #2CA090 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.

#2CA090 is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A02C3B; it also sits naturally between #2CA056 and #2C76A0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#2CA090 · RGB 44, 160, 144

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Color values

HEX#2CA090
RGB44, 160, 144
HSL172°, 57%, 40%
HSV172°, 73%, 63%
CMYK72%, 0%, 10%, 37%
XYZ18.64, 27.69, 30.75
Yxy27.69, 0.2419, 0.3592
CIE-Lab59.61, -35.38, -0.86
Hunter Lab52.62, -26.45, -0.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 17% · Green 63% · Blue 56%

Cyan 72% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 10% · Key 37%

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

Previews

Sample text in #2CA090 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #2CA090 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #2CA090

.text { color: #2CA090; }
.background { background-color: #2CA090; }
.border { border: 3px solid #2CA090; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(44, 160, 144); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(172, 57%, 40%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #2CA090; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(44, 160, 144, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #2CA090; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(44, 160, 144, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#2CA090">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#2CA090">Div content here</div>

Shades of #2CA090

#279082#248477#207469#1D685E#185850#144841#103C36#0C2C28#09201D#04100E

Tints of #2CA090

#32B8A6#3BC9B6#53D0BF#67D5C7#7FDCD0#97E2D8#ABE8E0#C3EFE9#D7F4F0#EFFBF9

Tones of #2CA090

#34988B#3C9085#44887F#4E7E78#567672#5E6E6C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A02C3B:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.21:1 AA large only
Against black text6.54:1 AA

Best text color on #2CA090: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #2CA090

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 #2CA090: ·

How #2CA090 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #5E5F94Deuteranopia · #584F95Tritanopia · #329798

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 600 · #0D9488Tailwind emerald 500 · #10B981Tailwind teal 500 · #14B8A6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #2CA090 rather than the exact color:

Coral Reef
#264653 · #2A9D8F · #E9C46A · #E76F51
Lucky Bloom
#2BC16B · #309D90 · #4AADDD · #2B52D8
Palette 249d8f
#249D8F · #E9C46A · #E76F51 · #FDF0D5
Palette 005461
#005461 · #0C7779 · #249E94 · #3BC1A8
Tender Garden
#124563 · #2C978E · #497CDB · #97E3ED
Modern Ruby Voyage
#A0CF38 · #43A432 · #24AE5B · #259D96

Similar colors

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

#2A9D8F#309D90#249D8F#249E94#2C978E#259D96#35A295#27988B#219C90#2FA084#2D9596#26A787

Browse neighbouring colors

← #2CA08F  ·  #2CA091 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #2CA090?

#2CA090 is Teal, a teal color (RGB 44, 160, 144). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #2CA090?

#2CA090 is RGB 44, 160, 144 — HSL 172°, 57%, 40% — CMYK 72%, 0%, 10%, 37%.

What colors go with #2CA090?

Its complement is #A02C3B; analogous partners are #2CA056 and #2C76A0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #2CA090 for text?

Black text on #2CA090 has a contrast ratio of 6.54:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.21:1.