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#13BBBF — Vivid Teal

#13BBBF 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 #13BBBF 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.

#13BBBF 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 #BE1613; it also sits naturally between #13BE6B and #1366BE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#13BBBF · RGB 19, 187, 191

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Color values

HEX#13BBBF
RGB19, 187, 191
HSL181°, 82%, 41%
HSV181°, 90%, 75%
CMYK90%, 2%, 0%, 25%
XYZ27.44, 39.44, 55.46
Yxy39.44, 0.2243, 0.3224
CIE-Lab69.07, -36.21, -13.05
Hunter Lab62.80, -29.00, -12.27

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 7% · Green 73% · Blue 75%

Cyan 90% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 0% · Key 25%

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

Previews

Sample text in #13BBBF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #13BBBF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #13BBBF

.text { color: #13BBBF; }
.background { background-color: #13BBBF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #13BBBF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(19, 187, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(181, 82%, 41%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #13BBBF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(19, 187, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #13BBBF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(19, 187, 191, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#13BBBF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#13BBBF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #13BBBF

#11A9AC#109B9E#0E898B#0C7779#0B696B#095758#074546#053233#042525#021213

Tints of #13BBBF

#16D7DA#20E6E9#3CE9EC#53EBEE#6FEFF1#86F1F3#A2F4F6#B9F7F8#D5FAFB#ECFDFD

Tones of #13BBBF

#1FAFB2#2BA4A6#37989A#448C8D#518081#5C7575

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BE1613:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.36:1 Fails
Against black text8.89:1 AAA

Best text color on #13BBBF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #13BBBF

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 #13BBBF: ·

How #13BBBF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #5C5DBEDeuteranopia · #5245BETritanopia · #1BBDBD

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 #13BBBF rather than the exact color:

Silent Ruby Marble
#10B4BE · #10457E · #1719BC · #4F0F9C
Modern Ruby Meadow
#5AE26E · #42E69E · #1ABAB8 · #57A5D9
Mellow Tempest
#115558 · #12B1B9 · #4797E1 · #ACCCE3
Mellow Lagoon
#0B932F · #10A468 · #11C1B5 · #19A7DB
Tranquil Saffron
#083156 · #1DC0C4 · #7490D4 · #96CAF3
Palette 0abab5
#0ABAB5 · #56DFCF · #ADEED9 · #FFEDF3

Similar colors

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

#10B4BE#1ABAB8#12B1B9#11C1B5#1DC0C4#0ABAB5#1EBBC8#1DB6B6#1CB3C8#23BEBE#0FABBC#16BBAE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #13BBBE  ·  #13BBC0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #13BBBF?

#13BBBF is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 19, 187, 191). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #13BBBF?

#13BBBF is RGB 19, 187, 191 — HSL 181°, 82%, 41% — CMYK 90%, 2%, 0%, 25%.

What colors go with #13BBBF?

Its complement is #BE1613; analogous partners are #13BE6B and #1366BE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #13BBBF for text?

Black text on #13BBBF has a contrast ratio of 8.89:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.36:1.