Recognised as Colour

#12FFDE

#12FFDE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#12FFDE is a cyan with RGB values 18, 255, 222 and HSL 172°, 100%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#12FFDE#12FFDE

HEX#12FFDE

RGBrgb(18, 255, 222)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 1, 0.8706

RGB percentages7.1%, 100%, 87.1%

HSLhsl(171.6, 100%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.6, 92.9%, 100%)

CMYK92.9%, 0%, 12.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,245,150

CSS custom property--colour: #12FFDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76923WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.38:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#ED0021

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4EFDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9DBE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 13.8 Turquoise · ΔE 16.5 Aqua · ΔE 18.1 Cyan · ΔE 18.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 24.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 13.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF1233

Analogous#12FF68, #12AAFF

Triadic#DE12FF, #FFDE12

Split complementary#FF12AA, #FF6812

Tetradic#6712FF, #FF1233, #A9FF12

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DEFFFA

Lighter +30%#ABFFF3

Lighter +20%#78FFEC

Lighter +10%#45FFE5

Darker −10%#00DEBF

Darker −20%#00AB93

Darker −30%#007867

Darker −40%#00453B

More saturated +25%#12FFDE

Less saturated −25%#30E1C9

Channel breakdown

R18

G255

B222

Red18 (7.1%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue222 (87.1%)

Hue171.65°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 12 · G FF · B DE

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