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#12CEFA

#12cefa ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#12cefa is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 80.78% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.8% cyan, 17.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 191.38°, with 95.87% saturation and 52.55% 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 11.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 6.81.

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Relative luminance0.5117

Complementary

  1. #12cefa
  2. #fa3e12

Split complementary

  1. #12cefa
  2. #fa125a
  3. #fab212

Analogous

  1. #12fab2
  2. #12cefa
  3. #125afa

Triadic

  1. #12cefa
  2. #fa12ce
  3. #cefa12

Tetradic

  1. #12cefa
  2. #3e12fa
  3. #fa3e12
  4. #cefa12

Square

  1. #12cefa
  2. #b212fa
  3. #fa3e12
  4. #5afa12

Monochromatic

  1. #025c71
  2. #0499bc
  3. #12cefa
  4. #5dddfc
  5. #a8edfd

Shades

#12cefa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12cefa
  2. #10b9e1
  3. #0ea5c8
  4. #0d90af
  5. #0b7c96
  6. #09677d
  7. #075264
  8. #053e4b
  9. #042932
  10. #021519
  11. #000000

Tints

#12cefa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12cefa
  2. #2ad3fb
  3. #41d8fb
  4. #59ddfc
  5. #71e2fc
  6. #89e7fd
  7. #a0ebfd
  8. #b8f0fe
  9. #d0f5fe
  10. #e7faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12cefa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12cefa
  2. #1dc6ee
  3. #28bee2
  4. #33b7d5
  5. #3eafc9
  6. #49a7bd
  7. #549fb1
  8. #5f97a5
  9. #6a9098
  10. #75888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #97c4d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4c9fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98b5fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dcdc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8fcbfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #79c0fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d6e9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12cefa {
  color: #12cefa;
}
Background
.bg-12cefa {
  background-color: #12cefa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12cefa {
  border: 2px solid #12cefa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12cefa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 206 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 96% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12cefa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12cefa, #125afa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12cefa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 206 250 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.81 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.98 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.28 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.43 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.86 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 11.16 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 12.02 #ed3105 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#12cefa  rgb(18, 206, 250)  hsl(191, 96%, 53%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fa3e12  rgb(250, 62, 18)  hsl(11, 96%, 53%)  Coquelicot
#fa12ce  rgb(250, 18, 206)  hsl(311, 96%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#cefa12  rgb(206, 250, 18)  hsl(71, 96%, 53%)  Electric Lime