Recognised as Colour

#12F5FB

#12F5FB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#12F5FB is a cyan with RGB values 18, 245, 251 and HSL 182°, 97%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#12F5FB#12F5FB

HEX#12F5FB

RGBrgb(18, 245, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.9608, 0.9843

RGB percentages7.1%, 96.1%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(181.5, 96.7%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.5, 92.8%, 98.4%)

CMYK92.8%, 2.4%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,242,619

CSS custom property--colour: #12F5FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.48:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#ED0A04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E9FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7D4FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00FEF6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 5.2 Cyan · ΔE 5.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.9 Turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 5.21, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FB1812

Analogous#12FB8D, #1281FB

Triadic#FB12F5, #F5FB12

Split complementary#FB1281, #FB8D12

Tetradic#8C12FB, #FB1812, #80FB12

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DBFDFE

Lighter +30%#A8FBFE

Lighter +20%#76F9FD

Lighter +10%#44F7FC

Darker −10%#04D1D6

Darker −20%#03A0A4

Darker −30%#026F72

Darker −40%#013E40

More saturated +25%#0EF9FF

Less saturated −25%#30D8DD

Channel breakdown

R18

G245

B251

Red18 (7.1%)

Green245 (96.1%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue181.55°

Saturation (HSL)96.68%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 12 · G F5 · B FB

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