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#2EAEC4 — Teal

#2EAEC4 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 #2EAEC4 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.

#2EAEC4 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 #C2442E; it also sits naturally between #2EC28E and #2E62C2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#2EAEC4 · RGB 46, 174, 196

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Color values

HEX#2EAEC4
RGB46, 174, 196
HSL189°, 62%, 47%
HSV189°, 77%, 77%
CMYK77%, 11%, 0%, 23%
XYZ26.23, 34.84, 57.57
Yxy34.84, 0.2211, 0.2937
CIE-Lab65.62, -26.31, -20.99
Hunter Lab59.02, -21.16, -20.48

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 18% · Green 68% · Blue 77%

Cyan 77% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 0% · Key 23%

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

Previews

Sample text in #2EAEC4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #2EAEC4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #2EAEC4

.text { color: #2EAEC4; }
.background { background-color: #2EAEC4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #2EAEC4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(46, 174, 196); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(189, 62%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #2EAEC4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(46, 174, 196, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #2EAEC4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(46, 174, 196, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#2EAEC4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#2EAEC4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #2EAEC4

#2A9DB2#258B9D#217C8C#1D6E7C#195F6B#144D57#103E46#0D3036#081D21#040F11

Tints of #2EAEC4

#39BAD0#4DC1D5#62C8DA#77CFDF#8BD7E4#9CDCE8#B1E4ED#C5EBF1#DAF2F6#EEF9FB

Tones of #2EAEC4

#38A4B7#439DAD#4E95A2#578F98#62878D#6D7F83

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C2442E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.64:1 Fails
Against black text7.97:1 AAA

Best text color on #2EAEC4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #2EAEC4

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 #2EAEC4: ·

How #2EAEC4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #6567BFDeuteranopia · #5E54BDTritanopia · #34BABA

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 500 · #06B6D4Tailwind sky 500 · #0EA5E9

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #2EAEC4 rather than the exact color:

Cosmic Ruby Tempest
#31A8C4 · #7693D6 · #715BCD · #B263D4
Dusty Ruby Cascade
#A2B024 · #27ADBC · #DD59D0 · #D6E4AB
Serene Meadow
#B9E4EE · #81CADA · #34A6C0 · #11343B
Hidden Cascade
#29A8CC · #6EA2EB · #747AEE · #5E24DD
Palette F8ed86
#F8ED86 · #A5E9DB · #2CA4BF · #415B90
Tender Ruby Marble
#2EB89B · #33A3C6 · #5C85DD · #4030B5

Similar colors

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

#31A8C4#27ADBC#34A6C0#29A8CC#2CA4BF#33A3C6#29B6CC#37B7C3#38A8BD#24A6BF#3BB4C1#25B9CB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #2EAEC3  ·  #2EAEC5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #2EAEC4?

#2EAEC4 is Teal, a teal color (RGB 46, 174, 196). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #2EAEC4?

#2EAEC4 is RGB 46, 174, 196 — HSL 189°, 62%, 47% — CMYK 77%, 11%, 0%, 23%.

What colors go with #2EAEC4?

Its complement is #C2442E; analogous partners are #2EC28E and #2E62C2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #2EAEC4 for text?

Black text on #2EAEC4 has a contrast ratio of 7.97:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.64:1.