Recognised as Colour

#12EEF2

#12EEF2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#12EEF2 is a cyan with RGB values 18, 238, 242 and HSL 181°, 90%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#12EEF2#12EEF2

HEX#12EEF2

RGBrgb(18, 238, 242)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.9333, 0.949

RGB percentages7.1%, 93.3%, 94.9%

HSLhsl(181.1, 89.6%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.1, 92.6%, 94.9%)

CMYK92.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,240,818

CSS custom property--colour: #12EEF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67688WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.54:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#ED110D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCE2F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1CEF3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00F7EFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 6.7 Cyan · ΔE 6.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.4 Turquoise · ΔE 12.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 6.73, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F21612

Analogous#12F286, #127EF2

Triadic#F212EE, #EEF212

Split complementary#F2127E, #F28612

Tetradic#8612F2, #F21612, #7EF212

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3FCFD

Lighter +30%#A3F8FA

Lighter +20%#73F5F7

Lighter +10%#42F1F5

Darker −10%#0BC3C6

Darker −20%#089396

Darker −30%#066465

Darker −40%#033435

More saturated +25%#05FBFF

Less saturated −25%#31D0D3

Channel breakdown

R18

G238

B242

Red18 (7.1%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue242 (94.9%)

Hue181.07°

Saturation (HSL)89.6%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 12 · G EE · B F2

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