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Recognised as Colour

#12E497

  • #12E497
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#12E497 is a cyan with RGB values 18, 228, 151 and HSL 158°, 85%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#12E497#12E497
HEX#12E497
RGBrgb(18, 228, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.8941, 0.5922
RGB percentages7.1%, 89.4%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(158, 85.4%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158, 92.1%, 89.4%)
CMYK92.1%, 0%, 33.8%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,238,167
CSS custom property--colour: #12E497;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5785WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.57:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#ED1B68

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1D292no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBC29Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00E3D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 12.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.5Light green · ΔE 21.5Pale green · ΔE 22.5Aquamarine · ΔE 26Spring green · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 12.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4125F
Analogous#12E42E, #12C8E4
Triadic#9712E4, #E49712
Split complementary#E412C8, #E42E12
Tetradic#2E12E4, #E4125F, #C8E412

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C7FBE8
Lighter +30%#98F7D4
Lighter +20%#69F3C0
Lighter +10%#3AEFAD
Darker −10%#0EB578
Darker −20%#0B8558
Darker −30%#075639
Darker −40%#03271A
More saturated +25%#00F69C
Less saturated −25%#31C58F

Channel breakdown

R18
G228
B151
Red18 (7.1%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue158°
Saturation (HSL)85.37%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 12 · G E4 · B 97

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