Colour

#12A694

#12A694
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#12A694 is a cyan with RGB values 18, 166, 148 and HSL 173°, 80%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

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HEX#12A694

RGBrgb(18, 166, 148)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.651, 0.5804

RGB percentages7.1%, 65.1%, 58%

HSLhsl(172.7, 80.4%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.7, 89.2%, 65.1%)

CMYK89.2%, 0%, 10.8%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,222,292

CSS custom property--colour: #12A694;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.91:1

Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#858585

Inverted#ED596B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9E9B93no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C8E96no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00A9A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 15.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.5 Teal · ΔE 18.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A61224

Analogous#12A64A, #126EA6

Triadic#9412A6, #A69412

Split complementary#A6126E, #A64A12

Tetradic#4A12A6, #A61224, #6EA612

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#91F3E7

Lighter +30%#63EEDD

Lighter +20%#35E9D3

Lighter +10%#17D4BD

Darker −10%#0D786B

Darker −20%#084A42

Darker −30%#031C19

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B8A2

Less saturated −25%#298F83

Channel breakdown

R18

G166

B148

Red18 (7.1%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue148 (58%)

Hue172.7°

Saturation (HSL)80.43%

Lightness36.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 12 · G A6 · B 94

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