Palettes / Colors / #116E57

#116E57 — Deep Teal

#116E57 is a teal color we call Deep 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 #116E57 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.

#116E57 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 #6E1128; it also sits naturally between #116E28 and #11576E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 7% · Green 43% · Blue 34%

Cyan 85% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 21% · Key 57%

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

Previews

CSS code for #116E57

.text { color: #116E57; }
.background { background-color: #116E57; }
.border { border: 3px solid #116E57; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(17, 110, 87); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(165, 73%, 25%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #116E57; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(17, 110, 87, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #116E57; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(17, 110, 87, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#116E57">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#116E57">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #6E1128:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #116E57: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #116E57

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:

How #116E57 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #116E57 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #116E57?

#116E57 is Deep Teal, a teal color (RGB 17, 110, 87). Its closest standard named color is SeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #116E57?

#116E57 is RGB 17, 110, 87 — HSL 165°, 73%, 25% — CMYK 85%, 0%, 21%, 57%.

What colors go with #116E57?

Its complement is #6E1128; analogous partners are #116E28 and #11576E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #116E57 for text?

White text on #116E57 has a contrast ratio of 6.19:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.39:1.