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Recognised as Colour

#12DC87

  • #12DC87
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#12DC87 is a cyan with RGB values 18, 220, 135 and HSL 155°, 85%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#12DC87#12DC87
HEX#12DC87
RGBrgb(18, 220, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.8627, 0.5294
RGB percentages7.1%, 86.3%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(154.8, 84.9%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.8, 91.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK91.8%, 0%, 38.6%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,236,103
CSS custom property--colour: #12DC87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.61:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#ED2378

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DACA81no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6BB8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00DAC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 12.2Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.6Light green · ΔE 20.6Pale green · ΔE 21.9Spring green · ΔE 24.4Aquamarine · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 12.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC1267
Analogous#12DC22, #12CCDC
Triadic#8712DC, #DC8712
Split complementary#DC12CC, #DC2212
Tetradic#2212DC, #DC1267, #CCDC12

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C0FAE2
Lighter +30%#91F6CC
Lighter +20%#62F2B5
Lighter +10%#33EE9F
Darker −10%#0EAD6A
Darker −20%#0A7E4D
Darker −30%#064F30
Darker −40%#031F13
More saturated +25%#00EE8A
Less saturated −25%#30BE82

Channel breakdown

R18
G220
B135
Red18 (7.1%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue154.75°
Saturation (HSL)84.87%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 12 · G DC · B 87

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