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#2EBABC — Teal

#2EBABC 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 #2EBABC 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.

#2EBABC 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 #BD302E; it also sits naturally between #2EBD78 and #2E73BD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#2EBABC · RGB 46, 186, 188

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Color values

HEX#2EBABC
RGB46, 186, 188
HSL181°, 61%, 46%
HSV181°, 76%, 74%
CMYK76%, 1%, 0%, 26%
XYZ27.76, 39.33, 53.71
Yxy39.33, 0.2298, 0.3256
CIE-Lab68.99, -34.58, -11.49
Hunter Lab62.71, -27.81, -10.68

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 18% · Green 73% · Blue 74%

Cyan 76% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 0% · Key 26%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #2EBABC

.text { color: #2EBABC; }
.background { background-color: #2EBABC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #2EBABC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(46, 186, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(181, 61%, 46%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #2EBABC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(46, 186, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #2EBABC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(46, 186, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #2EBABC

#2AAAAC#269A9C#218687#1D7677#196567#155556#114546#0C3131#082021#041010

Tints of #2EBABC

#36CCCE#4AD1D3#5FD6D8#73DBDD#88E1E2#9CE6E7#B1EBEC#C6F0F1#DAF6F6#EFFBFB

Tones of #2EBABC

#38B0B2#42A7A9#4C9D9E#579394#618989#6B8080

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BD302E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.37:1 Fails
Against black text8.87:1 AAA

Best text color on #2EBABC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #2EBABC

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 #2EBABC: ·

How #2EBABC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #6B6CBCDeuteranopia · #6358BBTritanopia · #35BBBB

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 · #06B6D4Material Cyan 500 · #00BCD4

Palettes with a similar color

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

Rustic Whisper
#73E8E8 · #46DDDD · #27B9B9 · #135353
Palette 22213d
#22213D · #4E3188 · #24BABC · #EAEF9B
Frozen Ruby Breeze
#378557 · #37BEBE · #375F97 · #5F4EB7
Palette 071952
#071952 · #088395 · #37B7C3 · #EBF4F6
Gentle Ruby Drift
#2DE756 · #6EE7B7 · #23BEBE · #54B1EB
Palette 0a1d56
#0A1D56 · #492E87 · #37B5B6 · #F2F597

Similar colors

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

#27B9B9#24BABC#37BEBE#37B7C3#23BEBE#37B5B6#38BEB6#24B9B4#3BBABB#25BEC6#27ADBC#28C7C1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #2EBABB  ·  #2EBABD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #2EBABC?

#2EBABC is Teal, a teal color (RGB 46, 186, 188). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #2EBABC?

#2EBABC is RGB 46, 186, 188 — HSL 181°, 61%, 46% — CMYK 76%, 1%, 0%, 26%.

What colors go with #2EBABC?

Its complement is #BD302E; analogous partners are #2EBD78 and #2E73BD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #2EBABC for text?

Black text on #2EBABC has a contrast ratio of 8.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.37:1.