Colour

#12797D

#12797D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#12797D is a cyan with RGB values 18, 121, 125 and HSL 182°, 75%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

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HEX#12797D

RGBrgb(18, 121, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.4745, 0.4902

RGB percentages7.1%, 47.5%, 49%

HSLhsl(182.2, 74.8%, 28%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182.2, 85.6%, 49%)

CMYK85.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 51%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,210,749

CSS custom property--colour: #12797D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.18:1

Contrast with white5.18:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#636363

Inverted#ED8682

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F737Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#61697Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original

Tritanopia#007E7Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 4.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 8.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 16.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 21 Light seagreen · ΔE 23.6 Slate grey · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 4.52, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7D1612

Analogous#127D4C, #12437D

Triadic#7D1279, #797D12

Split complementary#7D1243, #7D4C12

Tetradic#4C127D, #7D1612, #437D12

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#71E6EA

Lighter +30%#44DEE4

Lighter +20%#1FCFD6

Lighter +10%#18A4AA

Darker −10%#0C4E50

Darker −20%#052324

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#008A8F

Less saturated −25%#24686B

Channel breakdown

R18

G121

B125

Red18 (7.1%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue182.24°

Saturation (HSL)74.83%

Lightness28.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 12 · G 79 · B 7D

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