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#2EAABB — Teal

#2EAABB 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 #2EAABB 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.

#2EAABB 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 #BD3E2E; it also sits naturally between #2EBD86 and #2E65BD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#2EAABB · RGB 46, 170, 187

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Color values

HEX#2EAABB
RGB46, 170, 187
HSL187°, 61%, 46%
HSV187°, 75%, 73%
CMYK75%, 9%, 0%, 27%
XYZ24.47, 32.92, 52.08
Yxy32.92, 0.2235, 0.3007
CIE-Lab64.09, -27.15, -18.31
Hunter Lab57.37, -21.54, -17.42

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

CSS code for #2EAABB

.text { color: #2EAABB; }
.background { background-color: #2EAABB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #2EAABB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(46, 170, 187); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(187, 61%, 46%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #2EAABB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(46, 170, 187, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #2EAABB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(46, 170, 187, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #2EAABB

#2A9DAC#268E9C#217C87#1D6D77#195E67#154F56#114046#0C2D31#081E21#040F10

Tints of #2EAABB

#36BCCE#4AC3D3#5FCAD8#73D1DD#88D8E2#9CDEE7#B1E5EC#C6ECF1#DAF3F6#EFFAFB

Tones of #2EAABB

#38A4B2#429DA9#4C959E#578D94#618589#6B7D80

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BD3E2E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #2EAABB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #2EAABB

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 #2EAABB: ·

How #2EAABB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #6465B7Deuteranopia · #5D53B6Tritanopia · #34B4B3

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 #2EAABB rather than the exact color:

Palette F8ed86
#F8ED86 · #A5E9DB · #2CA4BF · #415B90
Dusty Ruby Cascade
#A2B024 · #27ADBC · #DD59D0 · #D6E4AB
Serene Meadow
#B9E4EE · #81CADA · #34A6C0 · #11343B
Cosmic Ruby Tempest
#31A8C4 · #7693D6 · #715BCD · #B263D4
Hidden Ruby Horizon
#53CEAD · #38A8BD · #2B62B4 · #625FE0
Palette 0766ad
#0766AD · #29ADB2 · #C5E898 · #F3F3F3

Similar colors

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

#2CA4BF#27ADBC#34A6C0#31A8C4#38A8BD#29ADB2#34A7B2#24A6BF#3AA6B9#30A6AE#33A3C6#319CB9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #2EAABA  ·  #2EAABC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #2EAABB?

#2EAABB is Teal, a teal color (RGB 46, 170, 187). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #2EAABB?

#2EAABB is RGB 46, 170, 187 — HSL 187°, 61%, 46% — CMYK 75%, 9%, 0%, 27%.

What colors go with #2EAABB?

Its complement is #BD3E2E; analogous partners are #2EBD86 and #2E65BD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #2EAABB for text?

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