Recognised as Colour

#12D5B6

#12D5B6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#12D5B6 is a cyan with RGB values 18, 213, 182 and HSL 170°, 84%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#12D5B6#12D5B6

HEX#12D5B6

RGBrgb(18, 213, 182)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.8353, 0.7137

RGB percentages7.1%, 83.5%, 71.4%

HSLhsl(170.5, 84.4%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 91.5%, 83.5%)

CMYK91.5%, 0%, 14.6%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,234,358

CSS custom property--colour: #12D5B6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51094WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.22:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#ED2A49

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCC7B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6B7B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00D8CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 17.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D51231

Analogous#12D554, #1293D5

Triadic#B612D5, #D5B612

Split complementary#D51293, #D55412

Tetradic#5412D5, #D51231, #93D512

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BAF9EF

Lighter +30%#8BF5E4

Lighter +20%#5CF1D9

Lighter +10%#2DEDCF

Darker −10%#0EA68E

Darker −20%#0A7766

Darker −30%#06483D

Darker −40%#021915

More saturated +25%#00E7C2

Less saturated −25%#2FB8A2

Channel breakdown

R18

G213

B182

Red18 (7.1%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue182 (71.4%)

Hue170.46°

Saturation (HSL)84.42%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 12 · G D5 · B B6

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