Colour

#12EAAD

#12EAAD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#12EAAD is a cyan with RGB values 18, 234, 173 and HSL 163°, 86%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#12EAAD#12EAAD

HEX#12EAAD

RGBrgb(18, 234, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.9176, 0.6784

RGB percentages7.1%, 91.8%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(163.1, 85.7%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(163.1, 92.3%, 91.8%)

CMYK92.3%, 0%, 26.1%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,239,725

CSS custom property--colour: #12EAAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61991WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.4:1

Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#ED1552

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5D8AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CEC8B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59 from the original

Tritanopia#00EBD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 18.9 Medium spring green · ΔE 19.2 Medium seagreen · ΔE 22.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 24.8 Light green · ΔE 25 Pale green · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 18.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EA124F

Analogous#12EA41, #12BBEA

Triadic#AD12EA, #EAAD12

Split complementary#EA12BB, #EA4112

Tetradic#4112EA, #EA124F, #BBEA12

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CDFBEE

Lighter +30%#9DF8DE

Lighter +20%#6EF4CE

Lighter +10%#3FF0BE

Darker −10%#0EBB8A

Darker −20%#0B8B67

Darker −30%#075C44

Darker −40%#032D21

More saturated +25%#00FCB5

Less saturated −25%#31CB9F

Channel breakdown

R18

G234

B173

Red18 (7.1%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue163.06°

Saturation (HSL)85.71%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 12 · G EA · B AD

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Colour values

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