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#12BBD7

#12bbd7 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#12bbd7 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 73.33% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.63% cyan, 13.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 188.53°, with 84.55% saturation and 45.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 9.53.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.4058

Complementary

  1. #12bbd7
  2. #d72e12

Split complementary

  1. #12bbd7
  2. #d71259
  3. #d79112

Analogous

  1. #12d791
  2. #12bbd7
  3. #1259d7

Triadic

  1. #12bbd7
  2. #d712bb
  3. #bbd712

Tetradic

  1. #12bbd7
  2. #2e12d7
  3. #d72e12
  4. #bbd712

Square

  1. #12bbd7
  2. #9112d7
  3. #d72e12
  4. #59d712

Monochromatic

  1. #06404a
  2. #0c7e90
  3. #12bbd7
  4. #46d7f0
  5. #8de7f5

Shades

#12bbd7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12bbd7
  2. #10a8c2
  3. #0e96ac
  4. #0d8397
  5. #0b7081
  6. #095e6c
  7. #074b56
  8. #053841
  9. #04252b
  10. #021316
  11. #000000

Tints

#12bbd7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12bbd7
  2. #2ac2db
  3. #41c9df
  4. #59cfe3
  5. #71d6e7
  6. #89ddeb
  7. #a0e4ef
  8. #b8ebf3
  9. #d0f1f7
  10. #e7f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12bbd7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12bbd7
  2. #1db5ce
  3. #28afc6
  4. #33a9bd
  5. #3ea3b4
  6. #499eac
  7. #5498a3
  8. #5f929a
  9. #6a8c91
  10. #758689
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88b1be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7b4d9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fa3d7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c6c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #85b7d8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #72add7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c1cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12bbd7 {
  color: #12bbd7;
}
Background
.bg-12bbd7 {
  background-color: #12bbd7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12bbd7 {
  border: 2px solid #12bbd7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12bbd7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 187 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 85% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12bbd7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12bbd7, #1259d7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12bbd7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 187 215 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.53 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.71 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 10.02 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.03 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.58 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 10.73 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 11.49 #ed4428 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#12bbd7  rgb(18, 187, 215)  hsl(189, 85%, 46%)  Moonstone Blue
#d72e12  rgb(215, 46, 18)  hsl(9, 85%, 46%)  Rosso Corsa
#d712bb  rgb(215, 18, 187)  hsl(309, 85%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#bbd712  rgb(187, 215, 18)  hsl(69, 85%, 46%)  Pear