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#2FBEBF — Teal

#2FBEBF 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 #2FBEBF 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.

#2FBEBF 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 #C12F2F; it also sits naturally between #2FC178 and #2F78C1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#2FBEBF · RGB 47, 190, 191

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Color values

HEX#2FBEBF
RGB47, 190, 191
HSL180°, 61%, 47%
HSV180°, 75%, 75%
CMYK75%, 1%, 0%, 25%
XYZ28.99, 41.19, 55.71
Yxy41.19, 0.2303, 0.3272
CIE-Lab70.31, -35.46, -11.15
Hunter Lab64.18, -28.71, -10.42

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 18% · Green 75% · Blue 75%

Cyan 75% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 0% · Key 25%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #2FBEBF

.text { color: #2FBEBF; }
.background { background-color: #2FBEBF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #2FBEBF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(47, 190, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(180, 61%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #2FBEBF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(47, 190, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #2FBEBF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(47, 190, 191, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #2FBEBF

#2BB1B1#269C9C#228C8C#1E7B7B#1A6B6B#155656#114646#0D3535#082121#041010

Tints of #2FBEBF

#3ACFCF#4ED4D4#63D9D9#78DEDE#8CE3E3#9CE7E7#B1ECEC#C6F1F1#DAF6F6#EFFBFB

Tones of #2FBEBF

#3AB6B6#43ADAD#4EA2A2#599797#638C8C#6D8383

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C12F2F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.27:1 Fails
Against black text9.24:1 AAA

Best text color on #2FBEBF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #2FBEBF

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 #2FBEBF: ·

How #2FBEBF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #6D6EBFDeuteranopia · #655ABFTritanopia · #36BFBF

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 #2FBEBF rather than the exact color:

Frozen Ruby Breeze
#378557 · #37BEBE · #375F97 · #5F4EB7
Rustic Whisper
#73E8E8 · #46DDDD · #27B9B9 · #135353
Palette 071952
#071952 · #088395 · #37B7C3 · #EBF4F6
Crystal Monsoon
#28C7C1 · #186BE0 · #3A14C7 · #841A99
Gentle Ruby Drift
#2DE756 · #6EE7B7 · #23BEBE · #54B1EB
Palette 22213d
#22213D · #4E3188 · #24BABC · #EAEF9B

Similar colors

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

#37BEBE#27B9B9#37B7C3#28C7C1#23BEBE#24BABC#25BEC6#38BEB6#3BBABB#39BDC8#2ABDCC#3DBDC2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #2FBEBE  ·  #2FBEC0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #2FBEBF?

#2FBEBF is Teal, a teal color (RGB 47, 190, 191). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #2FBEBF?

#2FBEBF is RGB 47, 190, 191 — HSL 180°, 61%, 47% — CMYK 75%, 1%, 0%, 25%.

What colors go with #2FBEBF?

Its complement is #C12F2F; analogous partners are #2FC178 and #2F78C1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #2FBEBF for text?

Black text on #2FBEBF has a contrast ratio of 9.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.27:1.