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#2FA280 — Teal

#2FA280 is a teal color we call Teal, closest to the named color SeaGreen (#2E8B57). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: seagreen (#2E8B57) — not an exact match. CSS seagreen gives you #2E8B57, a different color; use #2FA280 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.

#2FA280 is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A22F52; it also sits naturally between #2FA246 and #2F8BA2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#2FA280 · RGB 47, 162, 128

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Color values

HEX#2FA280
RGB47, 162, 128
HSL162°, 55%, 41%
HSV162°, 71%, 64%
CMYK71%, 0%, 21%, 36%
XYZ17.99, 28.00, 24.88
Yxy28.00, 0.2538, 0.3951
CIE-Lab59.89, -40.05, 8.58
Hunter Lab52.92, -29.56, 6.53

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 18% · Green 64% · Blue 50%

Cyan 71% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 21% · Key 36%

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

Previews

Sample text in #2FA280 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #2FA280 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #2FA280

.text { color: #2FA280; }
.background { background-color: #2FA280; }
.border { border: 3px solid #2FA280; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(47, 162, 128); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(162, 55%, 41%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #2FA280; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(47, 162, 128, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #2FA280; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(47, 162, 128, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#2FA280">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#2FA280">Div content here</div>

Shades of #2FA280

#2A9273#27866A#22775D#1E6751#1A5B48#164B3B#113B2F#0D2B22#092019#05100C

Tints of #2FA280

#36BA92#41C8A0#59CFAB#6DD5B5#84DBC1#98E1CB#B0E8D7#C4EEE1#DBF5ED#EFFAF7

Tones of #2FA280

#379A7C#409179#488976#4F8273#58796F#60716C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A22F52:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.18:1 AA large only
Against black text6.60:1 AA

Best text color on #2FA280: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #2FA280

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 #2FA280: ·

How #2FA280 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #616288Deuteranopia · #5A528ATritanopia · #358F90

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 600 · #0D9488Tailwind emerald 500 · #10B981Material Teal 500 · #009688

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #2FA280 rather than the exact color:

Palette Eeeeee
#EEEEEE · #6FCF97 · #2FA084 · #1F6F5F
Palette 1f6f5f
#1F6F5F · #2FA084 · #6FCF97 · #EEEEEE
Scarlet Saffron
#35A085 · #8CD9CA · #D2768D · #EACDDA
Tender Ruby Garden
#6CC72D · #32C742 · #31AB7C · #3AA2B1
Royal Ruby Saffron
#2A9F3B · #329A79 · #3FB0D1 · #2A48AF
Golden Ruby Summit
#3AA083 · #8E3EAD · #B29240 · #BFDED5

Similar colors

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

#2FA084#35A085#31AB7C#329A79#3AA083#26A787#38AB81#3CA480#359878#36AF81#22A479#389787

Browse neighbouring colors

← #2FA27F  ·  #2FA281 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #2FA280?

#2FA280 is Teal, a teal color (RGB 47, 162, 128). Its closest standard named color is SeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #2FA280?

#2FA280 is RGB 47, 162, 128 — HSL 162°, 55%, 41% — CMYK 71%, 0%, 21%, 36%.

What colors go with #2FA280?

Its complement is #A22F52; analogous partners are #2FA246 and #2F8BA2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #2FA280 for text?

Black text on #2FA280 has a contrast ratio of 6.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.18:1.