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#2EAABA — Teal

#2EAABA 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 #2EAABA 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.

#2EAABA 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 #B83E2E; it also sits naturally between #2EB883 and #2E63B8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#2EAABA · RGB 46, 170, 186

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Color values

HEX#2EAABA
RGB46, 170, 186
HSL187°, 60%, 45%
HSV187°, 75%, 73%
CMYK75%, 9%, 0%, 27%
XYZ24.36, 32.88, 51.52
Yxy32.88, 0.2240, 0.3023
CIE-Lab64.06, -27.47, -17.81
Hunter Lab57.34, -21.77, -16.88

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 18% · Green 67% · Blue 73%

Cyan 75% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 0% · Key 27%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #2EAABA

.text { color: #2EAABA; }
.background { background-color: #2EAABA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #2EAABA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(46, 170, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(187, 60%, 45%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #2EAABA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(46, 170, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #2EAABA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(46, 170, 186, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #2EAABA

#2A99A7#268A97#227B87#1E6C76#1A5D66#144A52#103C41#0C2D31#081E21#040F10

Tints of #2EAABA

#33BACC#47C1D1#5CC8D6#70CFDB#89D7E1#9DDEE7#B1E5EC#C6ECF1#DAF3F6#EFF9FB

Tones of #2EAABA

#38A0AD#4199A4#4C919A#558A91#5F8286#687B7D

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B83E2E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.77:1 Fails
Against black text7.58:1 AAA

Best text color on #2EAABA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #2EAABA

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 #2EAABA: ·

How #2EAABA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #6465B6Deuteranopia · #5D53B5Tritanopia · #34B3B2

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 #2EAABA rather than the exact color:

Dusty Ruby Cascade
#A2B024 · #27ADBC · #DD59D0 · #D6E4AB
Palette F8ed86
#F8ED86 · #A5E9DB · #2CA4BF · #415B90
Serene Meadow
#B9E4EE · #81CADA · #34A6C0 · #11343B
Palette 0766ad
#0766AD · #29ADB2 · #C5E898 · #F3F3F3
Palette F59aa3
#F59AA3 · #F5E4C3 · #34A7B2 · #5B2E35
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:

#27ADBC#2CA4BF#34A6C0#29ADB2#34A7B2#31A8C4#38A8BD#24A6BF#3AA6B9#30A6AE#319CB9#379FB8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #2EAAB9  ·  #2EAABB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #2EAABA?

#2EAABA is Teal, a teal color (RGB 46, 170, 186). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #2EAABA?

#2EAABA is RGB 46, 170, 186 — HSL 187°, 60%, 45% — CMYK 75%, 9%, 0%, 27%.

What colors go with #2EAABA?

Its complement is #B83E2E; analogous partners are #2EB883 and #2E63B8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #2EAABA for text?

Black text on #2EAABA has a contrast ratio of 7.58:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.77:1.