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#2FCBED — Vivid Teal

#2FCBED is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color Turquoise (#40E0D0). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: turquoise (#40E0D0) — not an exact match. CSS turquoise gives you #40E0D0, a different color; use #2FCBED 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.

#2FCBED 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 #ED5331; it also sits naturally between #31EDB1 and #316CED. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#2FCBED · RGB 47, 203, 237

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Color values

HEX#2FCBED
RGB47, 203, 237
HSL191°, 84%, 56%
HSV191°, 80%, 93%
CMYK80%, 14%, 0%, 7%
XYZ37.81, 49.43, 87.67
Yxy49.43, 0.2162, 0.2826
CIE-Lab75.72, -27.60, -27.93
Hunter Lab70.31, -23.65, -29.64

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 18% · Green 80% · Blue 93%

Cyan 80% · Magenta 14% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #2FCBED

.text { color: #2FCBED; }
.background { background-color: #2FCBED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #2FCBED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(47, 203, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(191, 84%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #2FCBED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(47, 203, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #2FCBED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(47, 203, 237, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #2FCBED

#19C5EB#13B4D8#109CBC#0E89A4#0C758D#0A6275#084E5E#063742#04232A#021013

Tints of #2FCBED

#43CFEF#56D4F0#69D9F2#7CDEF4#8EE2F5#A1E7F7#B4ECF8#C7F1FA#D9F5FC#ECFAFD

Tones of #2FCBED

#3EC2E0#4BB9D2#59B1C5#66A8B7#74A0AA#81979C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ED5331:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.93:1 Fails
Against black text10.89:1 AAA

Best text color on #2FCBED: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #2FCBED

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 #2FCBED: ·

How #2FCBED looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7374E5Deuteranopia · #6A5EE3Tritanopia · #37DEDD

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:

Bootstrap info · #0DCAF0Tailwind sky 500 · #0EA5E9Tailwind cyan 500 · #06B6D4

Palettes with a similar color

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

Silent Ruby Cascade
#21E586 · #168672 · #30CFE6 · #2693E8
Vintage Ruby Voyage
#CA2E1B · #E43F35 · #2DCFE3 · #AFDCEF
Wild Breeze
#2F1D12 · #2AD0F8 · #EA46FC · #1A2EFB
Palette Ffb84c
#FFB84C · #F266AB · #A459D1 · #2CD3E1
Royal Aurora
#A11A94 · #CBDC23 · #2BCDDD · #EBB3DF
Rustic Mosaic
#103345 · #2359B8 · #29BCE9 · #A2DEEA

Similar colors

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

#30CFE6#2DCFE3#2AD0F8#2CD3E1#2BCDDD#29BCE9#3DC2EC#2CC4DE#35C2E0#37DBED#27C1FB#20C0E8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #2FCBEC  ·  #2FCBEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #2FCBED?

#2FCBED is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 47, 203, 237). Its closest standard named color is Turquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #2FCBED?

#2FCBED is RGB 47, 203, 237 — HSL 191°, 84%, 56% — CMYK 80%, 14%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #2FCBED?

Its complement is #ED5331; analogous partners are #31EDB1 and #316CED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #2FCBED for text?

Black text on #2FCBED has a contrast ratio of 10.89:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.93:1.