Recognised as Colour

#12DAFC

#12DAFC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#12DAFC is a cyan with RGB values 18, 218, 252 and HSL 189°, 98%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#12DAFC#12DAFC

HEX#12DAFC

RGBrgb(18, 218, 252)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.8549, 0.9882

RGB percentages7.1%, 85.5%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(188.7, 97.5%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.7, 92.9%, 98.8%)

CMYK92.9%, 13.5%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,235,708

CSS custom property--colour: #12DAFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.573WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.46:1

Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#ED2503

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2D3FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6BFFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00E7E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.1 Sky blue · ΔE 18.6 Light skyblue · ΔE 21 Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.5 Aqua · ΔE 24.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 18.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FC3412

Analogous#12FCA9, #1265FC

Triadic#FC12DA, #DAFC12

Split complementary#FC1265, #FCA912

Tetradic#A912FC, #FC3412, #65FC12

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DBF9FF

Lighter +30%#A9F2FE

Lighter +20%#77EAFD

Lighter +10%#44E2FD

Darker −10%#03B9D8

Darker −20%#028EA6

Darker −30%#016374

Darker −40%#013841

More saturated +25%#0FDCFF

Less saturated −25%#30C5DE

Channel breakdown

R18

G218

B252

Red18 (7.1%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue188.72°

Saturation (HSL)97.5%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 12 · G DA · B FC

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