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Recognised as Colour

#12A985

  • #12A985
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#12A985 is a cyan with RGB values 18, 169, 133 and HSL 166°, 81%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#12A985#12A985
HEX#12A985
RGBrgb(18, 169, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.6627, 0.5216
RGB percentages7.1%, 66.3%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(165.7, 80.7%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.7, 89.3%, 66.3%)
CMYK89.3%, 0%, 21.3%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,223,045
CSS custom property--colour: #12A985;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30198WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.04:1
Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#ED567A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A49D83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#939087no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00AA9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.3Sea green · ΔE 16.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.5Light seagreen · ΔE 17Turquoise · ΔE 23.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 15.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A91236
Analogous#12A93A, #1282A9
Triadic#8512A9, #A98512
Split complementary#A91282, #A93A12
Tetradic#3912A9, #A91236, #82A912

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#93F4DD
Lighter +30%#65EFCE
Lighter +20%#37EABF
Lighter +10%#17D7A9
Darker −10%#0D7B61
Darker −20%#084D3C
Darker −30%#031F18
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BB8E
Less saturated −25%#299279

Channel breakdown

R18
G169
B133
Red18 (7.1%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue165.7°
Saturation (HSL)80.75%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 12 · G A9 · B 85

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