Recognised as Colour

#12EFEB

#12EFEB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#12EFEB is a cyan with RGB values 18, 239, 235 and HSL 179°, 87%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#12EFEB#12EFEB

HEX#12EFEB

RGBrgb(18, 239, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.9373, 0.9216

RGB percentages7.1%, 93.7%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(178.9, 87.4%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.9, 92.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK92.5%, 0%, 1.7%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,241,067

CSS custom property--colour: #12EFEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6786WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.57:1

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

Contrast with black14.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#ED1014

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFE2EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5CFECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00F6EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 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 text14.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 6.1 Cyan · ΔE 6.1 Turquoise · ΔE 9.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 6.05, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EF1216

Analogous#12EF7D, #1284EF

Triadic#EB12EF, #EFEB12

Split complementary#EF1284, #EF7D12

Tetradic#7D12EF, #EF1216, #84EF12

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D1FCFB

Lighter +30%#A1F9F7

Lighter +20%#72F5F3

Lighter +10%#42F2EF

Darker −10%#0DC1BE

Darker −20%#0A918F

Darker −30%#076160

Darker −40%#033231

More saturated +25%#02FFFA

Less saturated −25%#32CFCD

Channel breakdown

R18

G239

B235

Red18 (7.1%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue178.91°

Saturation (HSL)87.35%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 12 · G EF · B EB

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Colour harmonies

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