Palettes / Colors / #11BCB9

#11BCB9 — Vivid Teal

#11BCB9 is a teal color we call Vivid 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 #11BCB9 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.

#11BCB9 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 #BB1114; it also sits naturally between #11BB63 and #1169BB. 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 74% · Blue 73%

Cyan 91% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 2% · Key 26%

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

Previews

CSS code for #11BCB9

.text { color: #11BCB9; }
.background { background-color: #11BCB9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #11BCB9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(17, 188, 185); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(179, 83%, 40%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #11BCB9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(17, 188, 185, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #11BCB9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(17, 188, 185, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#11BCB9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#11BCB9">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #BB1114:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #11BCB9: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #11BCB9

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 #11BCB9 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 #11BCB9 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 #11BCB9?

#11BCB9 is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 17, 188, 185). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #11BCB9?

#11BCB9 is RGB 17, 188, 185 — HSL 179°, 83%, 40% — CMYK 91%, 0%, 2%, 26%.

What colors go with #11BCB9?

Its complement is #BB1114; analogous partners are #11BB63 and #1169BB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #11BCB9 for text?

Black text on #11BCB9 has a contrast ratio of 8.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.35:1.