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#12C080

#12c080 ≈ Medium Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#12c080 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 75.29% green and 50.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.63% cyan, 0% magenta, 33.33% yellow and 24.71% black. Its hue angle is 157.93°, with 82.86% saturation and 41.18% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. 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 8.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Sea Green (#3cb371), ΔE 4.22.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.3939

Complementary

  1. #12c080
  2. #c01252

Split complementary

  1. #12c080
  2. #c012a9
  3. #c02912

Analogous

  1. #12c029
  2. #12c080
  3. #12a9c0

Triadic

  1. #12c080
  2. #8012c0
  3. #c08012

Tetradic

  1. #12c080
  2. #1252c0
  3. #c01252
  4. #c08012

Square

  1. #12c080
  2. #2912c0
  3. #c01252
  4. #a9c012

Monochromatic

  1. #053423
  2. #0b7a51
  3. #12c080
  4. #33eca8
  5. #79f2c6

Shades

#12c080 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12c080
  2. #10ad73
  3. #0e9a66
  4. #0d865a
  5. #0b734d
  6. #096040
  7. #074d33
  8. #053a26
  9. #04261a
  10. #02130d
  11. #000000

Tints

#12c080 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12c080
  2. #2ac68d
  3. #41cd99
  4. #59d3a6
  5. #71d9b3
  6. #89e0c0
  7. #a0e6cc
  8. #b8ecd9
  9. #d0f2e6
  10. #e7f9f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12c080 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12c080
  2. #1dba80
  3. #28b380
  4. #33ad80
  5. #3ea680
  6. #49a080
  7. #549a80
  8. #5f9380
  9. #6a8d80
  10. #758680
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86b29a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bdb07c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba384 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97b77e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #88af83 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c09f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12c080 {
  color: #12c080;
}
Background
.bg-12c080 {
  background-color: #12c080;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12c080 {
  border: 2px solid #12c080;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12c080;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 192 128;
  --color-primary-hsl: 158 83% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12c080 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12c080, #12a9c0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12c080 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 192 128 / 0.35);
}

#3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 4.22 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.75 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 5.17 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 5.32 #00a86b Jade ΔE 6.84 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.10 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.85 #ed3f7f Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Medium Sea Green
#12c080  rgb(18, 192, 128)  hsl(158, 83%, 41%)  Medium Sea Green
#c01252  rgb(192, 18, 82)  hsl(338, 83%, 41%)  Dogwood Rose
#8012c0  rgb(128, 18, 192)  hsl(278, 83%, 41%)  Dark Violet
#c08012  rgb(192, 128, 18)  hsl(38, 83%, 41%)  Dark Goldenrod