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#2CA2BD — Teal

#2CA2BD 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 #2CA2BD 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.

#2CA2BD 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 #BE472D; it also sits naturally between #2DBE90 and #2D5BBE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#2CA2BD · RGB 44, 162, 189

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Color values

HEX#2CA2BD
RGB44, 162, 189
HSL191°, 62%, 46%
HSV191°, 77%, 74%
CMYK77%, 14%, 0%, 26%
XYZ23.14, 30.05, 52.72
Yxy30.05, 0.2185, 0.2837
CIE-Lab61.70, -22.68, -23.09
Hunter Lab54.82, -17.92, -22.47

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 17% · Green 64% · Blue 74%

Cyan 77% · Magenta 14% · Yellow 0% · Key 26%

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

Previews

Sample text in #2CA2BD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #2CA2BD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #2CA2BD

.text { color: #2CA2BD; }
.background { background-color: #2CA2BD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #2CA2BD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(44, 162, 189); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(191, 62%, 46%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #2CA2BD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(44, 162, 189, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #2CA2BD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(44, 162, 189, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#2CA2BD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#2CA2BD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #2CA2BD

#2995AE#25879D#207588#1C6778#185967#144B57#103C46#0C2B32#081C21#040E11

Tints of #2CA2BD

#35B3D0#49BBD4#5EC3D9#73CADE#87D2E3#9CDAE8#B1E2ED#C5E9F1#DAF1F6#EEF9FB

Tones of #2CA2BD

#379DB3#4296A9#4C8F9E#568995#60838A#6B7C80

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BE472D:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.00:1 Fails
Against black text7.01:1 AAA

Best text color on #2CA2BD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #2CA2BD

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 #2CA2BD: ·

How #2CA2BD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #5F60B6Deuteranopia · #584FB5Tritanopia · #32B1B0

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 cyan 500 · #06B6D4

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #2CA2BD rather than the exact color:

Palette F8ed86
#F8ED86 · #A5E9DB · #2CA4BF · #415B90
Dreamy Ruby Dusk
#B5512D · #DB906F · #309CC2 · #CADEED
Lucky Ruby Saffron
#9BD4E3 · #5BBCD7 · #319CB9 · #287185
Vivid Ruby Summit
#73E9D6 · #24A6BF · #74AEE5 · #4E69E0
Serene Meadow
#B9E4EE · #81CADA · #34A6C0 · #11343B
Cosmic Ruby Tempest
#31A8C4 · #7693D6 · #715BCD · #B263D4

Similar colors

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

#2CA4BF#309CC2#319CB9#24A6BF#34A6C0#31A8C4#33A3C6#27ADBC#379FB8#38A8BD#34A7B2#239AC6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #2CA2BC  ·  #2CA2BE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #2CA2BD?

#2CA2BD is Teal, a teal color (RGB 44, 162, 189). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #2CA2BD?

#2CA2BD is RGB 44, 162, 189 — HSL 191°, 62%, 46% — CMYK 77%, 14%, 0%, 26%.

What colors go with #2CA2BD?

Its complement is #BE472D; analogous partners are #2DBE90 and #2D5BBE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #2CA2BD for text?

Black text on #2CA2BD has a contrast ratio of 7.01:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.00:1.