Recognised as Colour

#12EDE6

#12EDE6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#12EDE6 is a cyan with RGB values 18, 237, 230 and HSL 178°, 86%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#12EDE6#12EDE6

HEX#12EDE6

RGBrgb(18, 237, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.9294, 0.902

RGB percentages7.1%, 92.9%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(178.1, 85.9%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.1, 92.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK92.4%, 0%, 3%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,240,550

CSS custom property--colour: #12EDE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6641WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.28:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#ED1219

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEE0E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4CDE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00F4EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 7.3 Cyan · ΔE 7.3 Turquoise · ΔE 7.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 7.35, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED1219

Analogous#12ED79, #1287ED

Triadic#E612ED, #EDE612

Split complementary#ED1287, #ED7812

Tetradic#7812ED, #ED1219, #87ED12

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D0FBFA

Lighter +30%#A0F8F5

Lighter +20%#71F4F0

Lighter +10%#41F1EB

Darker −10%#0EBEB8

Darker −20%#0B8E8A

Darker −30%#075F5C

Darker −40%#042F2E

More saturated +25%#00FFF7

Less saturated −25%#32CDC8

Channel breakdown

R18

G237

B230

Red18 (7.1%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue178.08°

Saturation (HSL)85.88%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 12 · G ED · B E6

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