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#12CA94

#12ca94 ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#12ca94 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 79.22% green and 58.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.09% cyan, 0% magenta, 26.73% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 162.39°, with 83.64% saturation and 43.14% 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 9.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 1.02.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4451

Complementary

  1. #12ca94
  2. #ca1248

Split complementary

  1. #12ca94
  2. #ca12a4
  3. #ca3812

Analogous

  1. #12ca38
  2. #12ca94
  3. #12a4ca

Triadic

  1. #12ca94
  2. #9412ca
  3. #ca9412

Tetradic

  1. #12ca94
  2. #1248ca
  3. #ca1248
  4. #ca9412

Square

  1. #12ca94
  2. #3812ca
  3. #ca1248
  4. #a4ca12

Monochromatic

  1. #053e2d
  2. #0c8461
  3. #12ca94
  4. #3beeb9
  5. #81f4d2

Shades

#12ca94 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12ca94
  2. #10b685
  3. #0ea276
  4. #0d8d68
  5. #0b7959
  6. #09654a
  7. #07513b
  8. #053d2c
  9. #04281e
  10. #02140f
  11. #000000

Tints

#12ca94 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12ca94
  2. #2acf9f
  3. #41d5a9
  4. #59dab4
  5. #71dfbf
  6. #89e5ca
  7. #a0ead4
  8. #b8efdf
  9. #d0f4ea
  10. #e7faf4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12ca94 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12ca94
  2. #1dc392
  3. #28bb90
  4. #33b48e
  5. #3eac8c
  6. #49a58a
  7. #549e88
  8. #5f9686
  9. #6a8f84
  10. #758782
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ebca7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6bb91 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2ac98 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cabb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ec192 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8db996 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00caad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12ca94 {
  color: #12ca94;
}
Background
.bg-12ca94 {
  background-color: #12ca94;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12ca94 {
  border: 2px solid #12ca94;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12ca94;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 202 148;
  --color-primary-hsl: 162 84% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12ca94 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12ca94, #12a4ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12ca94 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 202 148 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 1.02 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.13 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.14 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 6.97 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 7.66 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.89 #00a86b Jade ΔE 9.97 #ed356b Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#12ca94  rgb(18, 202, 148)  hsl(162, 84%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#ca1248  rgb(202, 18, 72)  hsl(342, 84%, 43%)  Cardinal
#9412ca  rgb(148, 18, 202)  hsl(282, 84%, 43%)  Dark Violet
#ca9412  rgb(202, 148, 18)  hsl(42, 84%, 43%)  Dark Goldenrod