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#2EDCA6 — Teal

#2EDCA6 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 #2EDCA6 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.

#2EDCA6 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 #DC2E65; it also sits naturally between #2EDC4E and #2EBCDC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#2EDCA6 · RGB 46, 220, 166

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Color values

HEX#2EDCA6
RGB46, 220, 166
HSL161°, 71%, 52%
HSV161°, 79%, 86%
CMYK79%, 0%, 25%, 14%
XYZ33.60, 54.52, 44.83
Yxy54.52, 0.2527, 0.4101
CIE-Lab78.76, -54.92, 14.60
Hunter Lab73.84, -44.74, 12.12

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 18% · Green 86% · Blue 65%

Cyan 79% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 25% · Key 14%

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

Previews

Sample text in #2EDCA6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #2EDCA6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #2EDCA6

.text { color: #2EDCA6; }
.background { background-color: #2EDCA6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #2EDCA6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(46, 220, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(161, 71%, 52%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #2EDCA6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(46, 220, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #2EDCA6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(46, 220, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#2EDCA6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#2EDCA6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #2EDCA6

#23CD97#1FB787#1CA67A#18906A#157A5A#11644A#0D4E3A#0A3D2D#07271D#03110D

Tints of #2EDCA6

#3FDEAC#55E2B5#66E5BD#7CE9C6#8EECCE#9FEFD6#B5F2DF#C6F5E6#DCF9F0#EEFCF7

Tones of #2EDCA6

#3ACFA0#46C39B#52B797#60A992#6C9D8E#789189

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DC2E65:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.76:1 Fails
Against black text11.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #2EDCA6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #2EDCA6

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 #2EDCA6: ·

How #2EDCA6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #797BB3Deuteranopia · #6F62B6Tritanopia · #37BDC0

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 emerald 500 · #10B981Tailwind cyan 500 · #06B6D4

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #2EDCA6 rather than the exact color:

Mellow Canyon
#1A9F34 · #2EDDA0 · #5FD7E5 · #A7C7F1
Honey Aurora
#16912A · #28D5A2 · #209FC9 · #1A3AB4
Amber Marble
#2AE49F · #1FC185 · #159967 · #116E4C
Modern Ruby Cascade
#29D59D · #3091B7 · #1A236C · #8432D9
Tender Ruby Lagoon
#A47922 · #2ED39C · #9C2DD3 · #F2E7D8
Crystal Ruby Zephyr
#31DEB3 · #2CC4DE · #5A99E4 · #1F2AD1

Similar colors

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

#2EDDA0#28D5A2#2AE49F#29D59D#2ED39C#31DEB3#22E4A4#28DF99#26D49C#36D0A1#2FD996#3BE3AF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #2EDCA5  ·  #2EDCA7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #2EDCA6?

#2EDCA6 is Teal, a teal color (RGB 46, 220, 166). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #2EDCA6?

#2EDCA6 is RGB 46, 220, 166 — HSL 161°, 71%, 52% — CMYK 79%, 0%, 25%, 14%.

What colors go with #2EDCA6?

Its complement is #DC2E65; analogous partners are #2EDC4E and #2EBCDC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #2EDCA6 for text?

Black text on #2EDCA6 has a contrast ratio of 11.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.76:1.